#4160 NORM Never A: Tab location violates Fitt's law

[Zarro Boogs per Child]

#4160: Tab location violates Fitt's law
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 Reporter:  cscott            |       Owner:  Eben          
     Type:  defect            |      Status:  new           
 Priority:  normal            |   Milestone:  Never Assigned
Component:  interface-design  |     Version:                
 Keywords:                    |    Verified:  0             
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 Fitt's law states: "The time to acquire a target is a function of the
 distance to and size of the target."  (
 http://www.asktog.com/basics/firstPrinciples.html )

 The current tabs are much too small, and they're required to interact with
 virtually every activity (since we come up with the 'activity' tab
 highlighted, which does none of the useful things, and then need to switch
 back to 'activity' to close when we're done).  If they were moved up to
 the top or side of the screen, they would be effectively huge, and hitting
 them would not be such a burden.

 The 'Share with:' and activity title widgets also violate Fitt's law, as
 their active area does not extend up to the first row of the screen.

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Ticket URL: <https://dev.laptop.org/ticket/4160>
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