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Have you ever noticed? Fitts's law and more

0:43Marco Montemagno · podcast RSS

Montemagno invokes Fitts’s law to consider how easily a control can be reached: size and distance matter. He uses car pedals and the space bar as examples, inviting listeners to spot the same principle in everyday objects. This is an intuitive explanation, not a technical comparison of car models.

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Montemagno invokes Fitts’s law to consider how easily a control can be reached: size and distance matter. He uses car pedals and the space bar as examples, inviting listeners to spot the same principle in everyday objects. This is an intuitive explanation, not a technical comparison of car models.

Key points

  • A more accessible target can make interaction easier.
  • The space bar offers his second example of the relationship between form and use.
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