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Windows 95's Start menu was invented by a chimpanzee-lab psychologist: 'Even a rocket scientist couldn't figure out Windows' (www.windowslatest.com)

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Former Microsoft exec explain how a behavioral psychologist utilized Fitts's law to place the Windows 95 Start button in the bottom-left.

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[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 50 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I wonder if later 10/11 changed their default to the center for related reasoning

As far as I can tell, the rationale for most design changes in Windows is that someone is getting paid to make design changes in Windows.

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