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> Getting my mouse bottom left is more natural

There's a name for that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitts%27s_law

and the fact that their UI people somehow have forgotten about it speaks volumes.



I don’t think Fitt’s takes into account the “end of screen” concept, though? I guess it makes the width of the element infinite in some regards.


It considers "effective size". Something on the edge has "infinite effective size".


Yep, "magic corners" are considered infinite size in terms of Fitts's law, though with larger and larger screens it still takes time to get there.




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