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"As Fitts' Law implies," ... uhhh, the XO doesn't actually come with a mouse... it comes with a touch pad. Does Fitts' Law apply to touchpads? Think about it.. I think you can agree it doesn't.
"As Fitts' Law implies," ... uhhh, the XO doesn't actually come with a mouse... it comes with a touch pad. Does Fitts' Law apply to touchpads? Think about it.. I think you can agree it doesn't.

:Actually, I argue that it most certainly does. As Wikipedia states, "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitts'_law Fitt's Law] is used to model the act of pointing, both in the real world, for example, with a hand or finger and on computers, for example, with a mouse." The act of using a trackpad is really nothing more than a pointing gesture constrained to the plane of the trackpad, so even without a mouse the rule still applies. - [[User:Eben|Eben]] 15:34, 12 January 2007 (EST)

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"As Fitts' Law implies," ... uhhh, the XO doesn't actually come with a mouse... it comes with a touch pad. Does Fitts' Law apply to touchpads? Think about it.. I think you can agree it doesn't.

Actually, I argue that it most certainly does. As Wikipedia states, "Fitt's Law is used to model the act of pointing, both in the real world, for example, with a hand or finger and on computers, for example, with a mouse." The act of using a trackpad is really nothing more than a pointing gesture constrained to the plane of the trackpad, so even without a mouse the rule still applies. - Eben 15:34, 12 January 2007 (EST)