Mouse Pointers & Fitts's Law - Computerphile

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How do you use mathematics to help design a computer's user interface? Use Fitts's Law; Dr Sarah Wiseman explains.

CORRECTION - As countless YouTube comments will doubtlessly point out, I said 'Google' when I meant 'PayPal' - mental blip - Apologies! -Sean

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