Re: [Usability] Re: Button ordering

[Alex Barnes <alex barnes sympatico ca>]

On Sat, 2001-11-03 at 03:19, Mike Newman wrote:
> On Sat, 2001-11-03 at 07:13, Jeff Waugh wrote:
> 
> > The video showed that almost everyone rested their cursor to the bottomish
> > right of the dialogue whilst reading, which led to everyone agreeing that
> > the Mac way was better. The mouse was never hugging the centre because no
> > one puts their cursor over the text. (Duh me.)
> 
> This is interesting. I've tried to remain concious of what I do with the
> pointer when I'm idling/reading/whatever. I do seem to drag it away to
> the bottom right to read the text. But, is this simply because I'm
> right-handed and this is a 'natural' movement for me?
> 

In reading all these Button Ordering e-mails in Evolution, I've realized
that when I open an e-mail, I move the mouse to the bottom-right corner,
because that's where the scroll down control is located.  I don't know
if this is relevant, but the same action could apply to dialogs out of
force of habit, even though there is no scrollbar present.

  --Alex