Re: Distros specifically designed for children

On 31/05/2025 08:04, Marc Haber wrote:

Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

On Sat, 31 May 2025 07:29:48 +0200, Marc Haber wrote:

And I still find it better if one just wants a window gone for short
time. Less distance to cover with mouse and eyes (that is VERY relevant
on a big screen) and intuitively at the place where you'd expect it.

>
Have you heard of Fitts’ Law? That is one of the few well-established
numerical laws in UI design: the time it takes to move a pointing device
to a UI element is directly proportional to the square root of how far
away it is, and inversely proportional to its size.
>
This means that a small window-shade element can take longer to click on,

 The title bar of a window is bigger than a taskbar icon. And, which
one of the thirty konsole taskbar icons is the window I want gone for
a second?
 

Why do you have thirty?
I have 8 virtual screens up there, each one with about 4 items on it
That's thirty two active windows but never more than 12 icons on the task bar relating to active programs
I think you should forget this outdated millennial workflow and get with the program.

Please, don't assume that I am stupid, and don't assume I am not aware
of the alternatives. I might only have 25 years of Linux experience,
but I have been around computers way longer than you might think.
 

No need to assume anything.

even if it is closer than an icon in a taskbar on the edge of the screen,
because the edge of the screen can be reached very fast -- so long as the
taskbar really is right on the edge of the screen, so there is no
possibility of overshoot -- it is effectively of infinite extent in that
direction.

 Maybe touching the screen edge triggers a virtual desktop change?
 

Nope. Doesnt seem to
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