iTunes 6 vs Fitts’ Law: Apple’s HCI department is drunk again
A couple of weeks ago, I pointed out that Microsoft has forgotten where Apple’s menus are. I regret to inform you that now Apple has forgotten where Apple’s menus are, and more importantly, why they are where they are.
Given the relative usability of Apple and Microsoft products, it’s kind of sad to see Apple borrowing from Microsoft’s “horrible ideas of the 1990s” playbook, and yet–iTunes 6 for Windows makes several basic errors in UI design. Apparently controls with infinite heights are incredibly easy to forget about.
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