Who was Paul Fitts and how does this legendary psychologist’s work impact our design professions to this day? Dr. Rebecca Grier joins Tim Keirnan for a wordcast episode about Fitts’ Law and Fitts’ List.
In a beautiful bit of synchronicity, Wired magazine published this excellent article about Fitts and Chapanis solving a design problem on the B-17 Flying Fortress during WWII.:
Dr. Grier recommends the following links for our understanding of Fitts’ work:
Fitts’ Law: Tracking users’ clicks by Mads Soegaard
Psychology Entry Wiki entry for Paul Fitts
Why the Fitts list has persisted throughout the history of function allocation by deWinter and Dodou
Here is an obituary for Paul Fitts.
You can find Dr. Grier at her LinkedIn profile.
And here is the website for the Human Factors & Ergonomics Society (HFES) that Paul Fitts helped to establish. Check ’em out!
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