I flick the pointer out of my way fairly often, then back into my way, etc., while reading, to give my fingers something to do.I think this is because content is often left-justified, like lists of thread titles here at AppleNova. Like Brad, I favour the left side of the screen, at least while web browsing.I have the following Active Screen Corners: All Windows at top-left, Desktop at top-right, Dashboard at bottom-left, nothing at bottom-right.Here's mine after a couple of hours of web browsing just now (13-inch MacBook Pro using the trackpad, Safari browser): Paul, I'm looking squarely in your direction.īrad's is fascinating and scratt's terrifying, but I'd also like to see others! The app sucks more CPU than I'd like, but it's clean and easy to install and remove, so go ahead and give it a try. I'd be especially interested to see what our resident artists' are like. By default, the app draws an ever-growing black dot/circle when the cursor sits in the same place, and the first images I made were dominated by the black holes. You can also see some dark horizontal lines in the top where I tend to be clicking around browser tabs, whereas on the MacBook I opt for the keyboard shortcuts to switch tabs.Īnyone else want to take it for a spin and share your habits? Before I started recording, I turned on the "Ignore mouse stops" option because I spend so many long stretches typing. This screen also seems to have a more even distribution usage, and that makes sense since I find a mouse to be far more useful and precise than the trackpad. I have a habit of running many apps, punching cmt-tab, and running the mouse cursor over the display to choose the app I want to see. That's where the command-tab app switcher shows up. The most immediate usage difference I see here is that dark horizontal scratch in the middle. The app only seems to track the primary display, but I tend to only use the secondary display for monitoring servers and holding notes. Here are a few days worth of data on my Mac mini with two displays and mouse only: Other than that, it's mostly a jumble, aside from the apparent favoritism towards the left side of the screen (but I'm right-handed). It's also somewhat apparent that I played Minecraft on this machine over the weekend/evenings because of the starlike spot in the center MC resets your cursor to center whenever you pause or switch apps. It's readily apparent that I use hot corners. I added a white border to highlight my use of Fitts' Law. Here are a few days worth of data on my MacBook Pro with trackpad only: I find it interesting how it visually reveals my different usage patterns of trackpad versus mouse. This is an app that simply tracks your cursor as it moves around the screen and paints the path on an image over time. Anyone else heard of IOGraph? I saw it linked a few blogs a week ago and decided to put it on my MBP and my desktop Mac mini at the office.
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