Re: [GD-Design] (GUI) Playfield aspect ratio

[J C L. <cl...@ka...>]

On Mon, 07 Apr 2003 10:56:00 -0300 
Sebastian Uribe <su...@it...> wrote:

>     I don't know a lot about human factors, but try moving your mouse
> left to right and then up to down. I believe it's faster to move it
> sideways than up-down, you can let your wrist in the same place and
> just rotate your hand.  

First reactions:

  -- That depends on how you hold/use a mouse.  For me and the way I
  manipulate a mouse, vertical movement within a moderate range (roughly
  a third screen) are the easiest and fastest.

  -- Trackball users will likely have a different experience.  I greatly
  prefer trackballs ala Mouse-Trak's Evolution (central large ball for
  main finger control) for which small motions (quarter screen) and
  moderate horizontal motions (half screen) are of equivalent
  speed/difficulty.

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