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Fitts's Law & Hick's Law Simulator

Interactive HCI simulator: click targets of varying size and distance to measure your own Fitts's Law coefficients live, then compare decision time across menus of different sizes to see Hick's Law in action.

Computer Science2DModerate60 FPS
human-computer-interaction ↗ Open standalone

Two of the foundational quantitative laws of human-computer interaction, tested on your own pointing and decision speed. The Fitts's Law test times how long it takes you to click targets of varying size and distance, fits a linear regression to your data (MT = a + b·log2(D/W+1)) and shows how closely real movement time tracks the model's prediction. The Hick's Law test times how long it takes you to pick a named option out of menus of growing size, showing decision time rise with log2(N+1) — the same relationship that explains why small, well-organized menus feel faster to use than sprawling ones, independent of how easy any single click is.

⚙ Under the hood

Click targets of varying size and distance to measure your own Fitts's Law coefficients (MT = a + b*log2(D/W+1)) via live linear regression, then compare decision time across growing menu sizes to see Hick's Law (RT = a + b*log2(N+1)) in action.

hcifitts-lawhicks-lawuxhuman-computer-interactionusabilityregressioncognitive-science

2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install

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