The psychology of human-computer interaction

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1. musesumMar 2022
   I was fortunate enough to visit Jef Raskin while the Cat under development. In his office was a fold-out futon chair and electronic piano. He even played a piece. Humane indeed!

   He recommended "The Psychology of Human-Computer Interaction" (Card, Moran, et al) From that point forward, all roads led from Fitt's Law.

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2. vintermannDec 2019
   Starcraft supports the theory that mouse is much better for positioning and selection than keyboard. It's so much better, it's worth it keeping one hand at the mouse.

   I mean, that was what the vi fans I met in my youth tried to deny. They claimed positioning by incremental search was better.

   In a late uncle's stuff, I came across a copy of "The psychology of human computer interaction" by Stuart K. Card et al. A book from the early eighties detailing Xerox PARC UI research. They did a study comparing cursor keys (or vi keys), word and line keys (home, end, next word etc.), incremental search and mousing. They found the same as Apple later would.

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