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Fitts's law explains why the menu bar sits at the top
Original: Fitts's law: why the menu bar is at the top
A new article explains Fitts's law, the human-computer interaction principle that movement time to a target grows with distance and shrinks with target size, and uses it to justify why software menu bars are placed at the top or edge of screens. At screen edges, targets become infinitely wide, making menu items faster and easier to hit. The piece is drawing interest from designers and developers.
Why now: Design and UI/UX discussions about interface conventions periodically resurface, and this piece offers a clear explanation of a familiar principle.
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- Fitts's law: why the menu bar is at the top · mmilanovic4 · 12
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