Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 7th Nov 2007 13:39 UTC
This is the fourth article in a series on common usability and graphical user interface related terms [part I | part II | part III]. On the internet, and especially in forum discussions like we all have here on OSNews, it is almost certain that in any given discussion, someone will most likely bring up usability and GUI related terms - things like spatial memory, widgets, consistency, Fitts' Law, and more. The aim of this series is to explain these terms, learn something about their origins, and finally rate their importance in the field of usability and (graphical) user interface design. In part IV today, we focus on 
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"This view, that a global menubar is better because of Fitts' law, is a tad bit, dare I say it, short-sighted."
Correct. If you really want to invoke Fitt's Law in a menu bar discussion, you would do away with the menu bar and put it all in a popup menu a la NeXT, DejaMenu in OS X or MagicMenu on the Amiga.