[Usability][Fwd: [Fwd: Fun experiment on Fitts's law]]

[Calum Benson <calum benson sun com>]

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Scott Berkun wrote:
> 
> Some good folks at UC Berkley are working on research into Fitts' law.
> This little experiment takes about 3 minutes to complete.
> 
> Please help those folks out by clicking the link below.
> 
> A nice side effect of participating in this experiment, and doing the
> short exercises, is that you feel the effects of Fitts' law much more
> intensely - Which was unexpectedly cool.
> 
> Any questions or inquries should be directly to
> goldberg ieor berkeley edu, as listed below.
> 
> -Scott
> 
> Scott Berkun
> Design & Usability Training Manager
> Microsoft Corporation
> 
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> A Web-based Test of Fitts' Law
> 
> Ken Goldberg, Mikin Faldu, and Jennifer Mankoff
> UC Berkeley, August 2002
> 
> We are studying Fitts' Law, a model of human motor response developed by
> Paul Fitts in 1954. Fitts' Law has been applied by Human Factors and
> Ergonomics engineers to thousands of designs ranging from assembly lines
> to computer interfaces.  Since Fitts' model is so influential, it is
> important to verify its accuracy and to consider alternative models.
> 
> We've developed a web-based interactive experiment that allows anyone on
> the Internet to see if their own motor skills compare with Fitts' and
> with some alternative models we've developed based on acceleration.  If
> you can spare 3 minutes to click on 50 target points, we'll plot and
> display your results immediately.  In a few months, we'll post a copy of
> our report of how well these models perform, based on the timing data
> from hundreds of users like you.
> 
> http://www.tele-actor.net/fitts/
> 
> (Dedicated to Professor E.R.F.W."Ted" Crossman, 1925-2001)
> 
> Contact:
> Ken Goldberg
> Professor
> IEOR and EECS Departments
> 4135 Etcheverry Hall
> University of California
> Berkeley, CA 94720-1777
> (510) 643-9565 (phone)
> (510) 642-1403 (fax)
> goldberg ieor berkeley edu
> 
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