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Why widget design is giving us Fitts

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Interactions, Volume 22, Issue 6

Pages 66 - 68

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Published: 28 October 2015 Publication History

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This forum addresses conceptual, methodological, and professional issues that arise in the UX field's continuing effort to contribute robust information about users to product planning and design. --- David Siegel and Susan Dray, Editors

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74 pages

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DOI:10.1145/2840151

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Gillan DBias R(2018)Fitting Motivation to Fitts’ Law : Effect of a Penalty Contingency on Controlled MovementProceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting10.1177/154193121862106162:1(265-269)Online publication date: 25-Sep-2018
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