Reader UI of the Week: Figuring out what is wrong

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10-04-2011 @ 7:57PM

Jyotai said...

Mind you I am -NOT- saying up top elements are bad. But that having a 'one of these things is not like the others' in the UI is the problem. If everything else was up top - that would also work (though maybe snip off your toon's head when you zoom in).

Is the inconsistency that cause the eye strain. The eye in this week's UI spends most of its time central and low, but gets tempted away every few seconds by 'flickering movement' in the chat and pet bars - which are too far away.

- You "eye muscles" actually do have to move to switch between these two spots, and that minor strain will wear you out over time much more than people tend to think.

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