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Are Small Hit Areas Easier To Hit?

by Jonathan Baker-Bates on June 26, 2013

The question of “fat finger” mistakes on touch screens came up in conversation the other day, together with the idea of making targets large to avoid this. At first, it seems sensible to make hit areas for controls on mobile devices as large as possible. But it was pointed out that, counter-intuitively, smaller hit areas […]

  • Tags: geekery, HCI, UX
  • Categories: User Experience

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Happy 25th Birthday, GNU

by Jonathan Baker-Bates on September 2, 2008

  • Tags: freedom, geekery, history
  • Categories: Coding, Copyfighting, Weak Filler

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