andqso
January 6th, 2007, 05:34 AM
Fitts's Law tells us that the 4 most easily accessible points on the screen are the four corners. It is logical, then to locate important commands or actions in these corners.
The problem with the way Compiz currently handles "hotspots" is that if there is an action tied to a screen edge (Top, Left, Right, Bottom) as well as a corner (TopRight, TopLeft ...), aiming for the corner almost invariably triggers the edge action by mistake. This is a shame because it means that we can practically use only 4 of the 8 possible edges without causing trouble.
This is a simple fix, there just needs to be a small "dead zone" around the corners so that they aren't accidentally triggered. I.e.,
+----------+
|* ** *|
| |
|* *|
|* *|
| |
|* ** *|
+----------+
Where * are the areas that are sensitive to commands.
This would be a tremendous usability improvement.
The problem with the way Compiz currently handles "hotspots" is that if there is an action tied to a screen edge (Top, Left, Right, Bottom) as well as a corner (TopRight, TopLeft ...), aiming for the corner almost invariably triggers the edge action by mistake. This is a shame because it means that we can practically use only 4 of the 8 possible edges without causing trouble.
This is a simple fix, there just needs to be a small "dead zone" around the corners so that they aren't accidentally triggered. I.e.,
+----------+
|* ** *|
| |
|* *|
|* *|
| |
|* ** *|
+----------+
Where * are the areas that are sensitive to commands.
This would be a tremendous usability improvement.