Lecture 5 - Fitts's Law

Question 1

Who is the proponents of Fitts’s Law?

Answer 1

Paul Fitts

Question 2

Paul Fitts, for his 1954 study of _____

Answer 2

pointing

Question 3

His original study was on pointing with a _____, but his work is applicable to pointing with a ____,using touch screens, and the range of pointing devices for ____ displays.

Answer 3

stylus,
mouse,
2D

Question 4

It is useful for evaluating systems for which the time to locate an object is important.

Answer 4

Fitts’s Law

Question 5

It tells us how long it will take to move a pointer from a specific position to hit different targets.

Answer 5

Fitts’s Law

Question 6

What is the number of an ISO standard for the ID?

Answer 6

9241-9

Question 7

2. The outer edges and corners of the graphical user interface can be acquired with greater speed than anywhere else in the display, due to the ______ of the screen.

Answer 7

pinning action

Question 8

Pop-up menus better support immediate selection of _____ elements than dropdown menus as the user does not have to move the cursor from its current position.

Answer 8

interactive

Question 9

Targets at the edges of a screen can be considered to have an _______ and are relatively easy to hit.

Answer 9

infinite size