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XII.3 May + June 2005
Page: 57
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Fitts at 50


Authors:
William Hudson

I missed the 50th anniversary of Paul Fitts' paper The information capacity of the human motor system in controlling the amplitude of movements. I wasn't exactly expecting street parties, but June 2004 slipped by without even a celebratory cup of tea. The title of the paper may not mean much on its own, but I end up discussing Fitts' Law with interaction designers at least once a week, so I would count it as one of the more robust works in our field. The conversations usually go something like this: You have a news item on this page with…




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