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GAY

orly?!

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orly?!
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DEF WAY.

I still stand by that statement. If you can't even make menus correctly, you'll never get anywhere.

Interface Coding Standards..LOL. Fitts Law is far from standard.

Fitts' Law has nothing to do with well designed menus. Any menu that does not have a submenu is a confusion to the common user. Users expect a drop-down submenu when they click a menu item. To confuse or disorient a user is the worst thing a programmer can do. That's why the common bot user always complains about how hard bots are to set up. You have to design the interface as if an idiot is going to use it, because, most likely, that will be the case.

Anyone who's taken a professional programming class in any modern language knows what these standards are. Don't use retarded color schemes; high contrast color is best, but don't hurt the eyes. Use large enough buttons with space around them so as to prevent accidental clicks on the wrong thing. Don't flicker, don't flash, and don't make things disappear: flickering and flashing can cause seizures, and buttons and objects should always be grayed out, so that the user doesn't get confused and think things changed. Use the above menu rules. Don't waste space, but don't be overly conservative, or you'll end up with a tiny window with 50 checkboxes that are impossible to click on without expert precision.

Ok, that's enough ranting for now.