[CST-2] HCI: Hick's Law & visual search
Matthew Monaghan
mkm25@cam.ac.uk
Sun, 2 Jun 2002 02:08:05 +0100 (BST)
I said:
> Hick's law applies to a field of objects, ie. a 2d set of them.
> The kN thingy is for a 1d list.
I'm sorry there's no basis for that at all, I've just made it up to fit
what I think is true.
www.usabilityfirst.com says that Hick's law is to give you the time it
takes to make a descion based on the number of possibilities.
That might be closer to the truth, but I really don't know at all.
cya
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Matt