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What if we created a mud fence around the Eject button? That is, what if the area surrounding the button (say a 10px radius) caused the user's cursor to move at 50-70% it's regular speed. So to mouse over the eject button would require a little bit more force than mousing over more desirable actions. It'd work a little like the protective cap on real jet eject buttons, but w/o the distracting visual drama.www.brandonbrown.org
Commented Apr 7, 2010 on The Opposite of Fitts' Law at Coding Horror
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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