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Windows 95's Start menu was invented by a chimpanzee-lab psychologist: 'Even a rocket scientist couldn't figure out Windows' (www.windowslatest.com)

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Former Microsoft exec explain how a behavioral psychologist utilized Fitts's law to place the Windows 95 Start button in the bottom-left.

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[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I remember working with a friend and his dad to build a large shed. Because my geometry, trig, and calculus teachers were always drilling into me how eminently PRACTICAL these maths were, I thought all my training would come in handy, but every time I sat down to do a calculation, my friend and his dad would just arrange a few boards a certain way, mark one of them, and be on their way, their problem solved perfectly within their required tolerance.

Abstract thinking is often more trouble than its worth.

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Aligning boards like that is kind of a form of abstract thinking. Less than using math though of course.