On 15 March 2017 at 20:05, geneb via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Why? The old nonsense still works! I gotta bring it out now and again to > keep the rust off and the joints moving freely. :)
:-D > ITYM, "more buttons confuse those with cognitive delay". :) This isn't a great citation, but here's an example of the kind of quantitative measurement I mean: http://www.yorku.ca/mack/CHI01.htm There are others: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00140137808931762 http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=142794 What I can't find right now is the research into the time taken to click a button when the user either has only one button, or a choice. The time goes up with the number of buttons, AIR, *even with experienced users*. It takes a decision to pick which button, and even though it's a very fast one, it's still an extra load. With no choice, that's gone. I strongly prefer multibutton mice. Even on my Macs, as soon as they got USB so they didn't cost extra. On OS X there's rich right-button support. But it is demonstrable that both 1 button is quicker, and is all you need. Now, of course, multitouch is rendering all this moot... -- Liam Proven • Profile: https://about.me/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • Google Mail/Talk/Plus: lpro...@gmail.com Twitter/Facebook/Flickr: lproven • Skype/LinkedIn/AIM/Yahoo: liamproven UK: +44 7939-087884 • ČR/WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal: +420 702 829 053
