Former Microsoft exec explain how a behavioral psychologist utilized Fitts’s law to place the Windows 95 Start button in the bottom-left.

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  • masterspace@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    I have to use Mac’s for work now and I will never understand how in 2026, they still insist on having both a dock and a system menu bar.

    Like guys, it’s 2026, you can do all the OS stuff in one space, and leave the rest of the screen open for application stuff.

    • Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de
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      2 months ago

      Have they fixed the full screen blocking important buttons already?

      Or are users still using floating screens everywhere because that is the only way to use them effectively?

    • PattyMcB@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      I hide all that stuff and just use keyboard shortcuts. (I also use a MacBook for work like you)