On 08/09/2012 10:08 AM, Conscious User wrote: > (2) when the hands return from the keyboard to the mouse, > they frequently do it to access GUI elements that are usually > on the left in most DEs.
This could be wishful thinking, the address bar extends across the screen so you are assuming they always hit the left. The search bar is on the right, not the left and in Chrome it's the address bar. The close button on Windows (the biggest OS) are on the right, not the left. The only time they hit the bottom left or the upper left is when they don't know a key command (which is rare since the vast majority know the majors like F5, back and forward and the majors in most any text editor) or when they need to open up an app, but as you already implied they repeat the same tasks over and over again so that is still a rare occurance. It could be just a conincidence but perhaps they chose a left biased design because the human eye is naturally biased towards the left, whether you read ltr or rtl, it's built into humans and it's also built into dogs. A lot of people don't notice but people tend to look left before right... actually some people if they pay attention might find that it's easier to move your eye to the left than the right, no matter who they are, because again, it's built in. Yeah ergnomically it does not fit, but visually it does. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
