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From: drforsey@watcgl.UUCP (Dave Forsey)
Newsgroups: net.cog-eng
Subject: Re: default menu item selection
Message-ID: <1212@watcgl.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 8-Feb-85 17:11:49 EST
Article-I.D.: watcgl.1212
Posted: Fri Feb  8 17:11:49 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 9-Feb-85 05:58:17 EST
References: <455@zeus.UUCP>
Reply-To: drforsey@watcgl.UUCP (Dave Forsey)
Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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Summary: 

In article <455@zeus.UUCP> bobr@zeus.UUCP (Robert Reed) writes:
>Ken Warner claims that the only purpose of pop up menus (pums) is to
>conserve screen space.  He overlooks the fact that pums are also used to
>reduce arm motion in menu selection.  
>

This effect: of working in one area of the screen and having to constantly
change your focus of attention to another part of the screen, or another
region entirely, has been given a name.  It is referred to as

The Wimbleton Effect.

Courtesy Marceli Wien, National Research Council. Ottawa, Canada.