"Defying all variations of Finn's law,"
Are we talking about Fitts law? On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 9:39 AM, Frederik Nnaji <frederik.nn...@gmail.com>wrote: > it's okay to laugh, if anybody thinks these use cases are funny :D > > On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 17:14, David Siegel <david.sie...@canonical.com> > wrote: > > Frederik, try listing a small set of use cases describing exactly what > > you're proposing. > > > 1. FINDING APPLICATIONS QUICKLY > Netbookuser47 wants to launch "Zapp" (fictional name) from Applications. > > CURRENT METHOD > Netbookuser47 goes through the tedious work of combing "Applications" > for what she wants to launch.. finds "Zapp" in Applications > > Accessories after scrolling a little, since her 10" doesn't show all > items on one screen without scrolling. > Defying all variations of Finn's law, Netbookuser47 manages to aim at > and click the "Zapp" item in the menu, hereby launching the desired > application. > > FAYT METHOD > Netbookuser47 presses ALT+F1 [1], is instantly offered "find > something.." and begins typing "Zapp" letter by letter. After typing > the second letter about 800ms later, "find something.." already pops > out a app icon she can launch per click or upon pressing ENTER.. > > > 2. FINDING FILES AND FRIENDS QUICKLY > NuRdy wants to send bRainY some photos from last week's night out. > > CURRENT METHOD > NuRdy opens Nautilus, email "Compose" window is already open in the > background. > After finding a folder called "DSC92xyz" that most likely contains the > last photo sync from his mobile phone, he searches it for some recent > pictures. > After a lot of distraction, scrolling and zooming, NuRdy arrives at a > couple of last week's shots. > Now he selects some, grabs them with the mouse and tries to overcome > the DnD issues his windowmanager is imposing onto him, by somehow > dropping the bundle onto the "Compose" window for inclusion in his new > email to bRainY. > Nurdy finishes composing and hits send. > > FAYT METHOD > NuRdy hits ALT+F1, starts typing photos and is offered "photos" upon > the first letter already. presses enter. sees a list of the most > recent fotos synced onto his computer. selects the ones he likes best > for impressing bRainY, right-clicks one of them and chooses "send via > email to..", which brings up a people-search dialog. starts typing > "bRainY", as "bRainY" already appears upon the second letter, ready to > be added to "Recipient" in the "Compose" window about to be > automatically invoked with all selected photos readily attached. > > > 3. FINDING VISITED SITES QUICKLY > JereMyA## forgot his favourite uncle's photo blog URL > > CURRENT METHOD > JereMyA## opens Mozilla Firefox, his favourite browser, searches the > bookmarks and to his astoundment doesn't remember what exactly he > chose to name his uncle's favourite blog in there, before he went on > his extended holiday. > JereMyA## knows the shortcut combination CTRL+L > TAB will take him to > the FAYT google search field in Firefox, so he does it. After typing > his favourite uncle's full name, he receives suggestions for a famous > tabletennis player, two popular actors and a bookstore in Wyoming. > After some more depressing attempts, JereMyA## decides to search his > browsing history via CTRL-H in Mozilla Firefox. After some more of his > patience has been consumed by scrollbars and confusing list items, > JereMyA## find's his uncle's blog page among the recently visited > items, and launches it. > > FAYT METHOD > JereMyA## hits ALT+F1, starts typing his favourite uncle's name. After > the third letter, the dialog offers him a large friendly thumbnail of > his favourite uncle's mugshot, relational information such as blog, > email address, IM contact(showing availability) and telephone number > beside it as buttons. JereMyA## selects "blog" and is presented with a > new tab in his favourite browser, showing his favourite uncle's blog. > > > > WHATS YOUR SCENARIO?? > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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