Star Common Usability Terms: pt. I: Spatial Memory
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 25th Oct 2007 16:52 UTC
Graphics, User Interfaces This is the first article in a series on common usability and graphical user interface related terms. 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. We start off with spatial memory - my personal favourite.
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Thom_Holwerda
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2005-06-29

Uhm... Doesn't work here... The start button is a couple of pixels from the left and a couple of pixels from the bottom of the screen. This is windows xp with the classical theme.


Interesting. I'm using the classic theme too, and here it works just fine.

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RE[4]: Man if I have to read...
by renox on Fri 26th Oct 2007 19:22 in reply to "RE[3]: Man if I have to read..."
renox Member since:
2005-07-06

+1 (Me too)

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bryanv Member since:
2005-08-26

Prior to windows XP, it didn't work.

In XP, if you ram the mouse to the corner and click, the mouse pointer will actually be -repositioned- without you moving it!

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