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I think you're being too kind. The report of the Parliamentary Inquiry into Online Child Protection is hopeless drivel too, but its author has no background in any related field. She was allowed to do the report to appease a lobby, as was Beecroft. This government isn't actively making bad decisions, it's merely acted on by forces that aggregate towards foolishness.
Beecroft's lesson
The Beecroft report (pdf) is drivel. By this, I don't mean that I disagree with it; I also disagree with the TPA's single income tax report, but I can at least see that is a serious piece of work. What I mean is that Beecroft make no attempt to engage with the serious research on the subject. It...
My touchscreen ejector seat: the Send button in the iPhone SMS composer. Within a finger's width of both the O and the P key. Gets me every time.
@Davraamides: crucial to keep in mind that although items are easier to click if they're *on* the screen edge, being *near* the edge - even one pixel away - completely removes the benefit. In fact, putting something *near* the edge probably makes it a bit harder to click, because it'll more likely be further away from the user's start position (compared to, say, an object in the centre of the screen). The Mac OS menu bar is a fairly rare example of an effective application of the rule.
The Opposite of Fitts' Law
If you've ever wrangled a user interface, you've probably heard of Fitts' Law. It's pretty simple -- the larger an item is, and the closer it is to your cursor, the easier it is to click on. Kevin Hale put together a great visual summary of Fitts' Law, so rather than over-explain it, I'll refer...
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