Screen hotspot
A screen hotspot, in
GUI-based activity (such as re-direction, pop-up display, macro
execution, etc.).
Hotspots may not look visually distinct; however, a
pointer
.
The corners and edges of the whole screen may also act as hotspots. Some
screen savers under DOS
and older versions of Windows can be configured to be activated immediately (that is, without waiting for some period of inactivity to time out) or to never activate the screen saver mode at all (even after timeout) when the mouse is moved into a particular (often configurable) corner of the screen.
Hotspots are used extensively in Windows 8, where they are referred to as "hot corners".[1]
According to Fitts's law, which predicts the time it takes to reach a target area, moving mouse and trackball pointers to those spots is easy and fast. As the pointer usually stops when reaching a screen edge, the size of those spots can be considered of virtual infinite size, so the hot corners and edges can be reached quickly by throwing the pointer toward the edges.[2][3]
See also
References
- ^ Rathbone, Andy. "Finding Hidden Hotspots in Windows 8". Retrieved 22 February 2013.
- ^ Hale, Kevin (3 October 2007). "Visualizing Fitts' Law". Particle Tree.
- ^ Atwood, Jeff (9 August 2006). "Fitts' Law and Infinite Width". Coding Horror. Archived from the original on 14 February 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
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