> Besides, everyone knows clicking the logo takes you to the root page
You might not need to click, maybe it's a hover, so clicking still works. Admittedly, having the hover might reduce the clicking discoverability since it actually makes it less obvious.
I suppose it's a mockup but it shows Mail in the list when the current web app is actually Mail.
Maybe the items will dynamically change order according to your habits. You know, like those Word 97 menus.
Contrary to the Start button it fails to use an infinite size target since you can't ram the mouse in the top-left corner and expect it to work. That Google logo is quite a big target and each item is actually bigger than previously so it might still be an improvement according to Fitts's law compared to the previous bar, but navigating down a nested popup menu sure is no improvement.
PS: originally the Windows taskbar failed at Fitts's law by having some inactive 2px padding which prevented a click to actually land after ramming the mouse. I can't recall when that was fixed.
You might not need to click, maybe it's a hover, so clicking still works. Admittedly, having the hover might reduce the clicking discoverability since it actually makes it less obvious.
I suppose it's a mockup but it shows Mail in the list when the current web app is actually Mail.
Maybe the items will dynamically change order according to your habits. You know, like those Word 97 menus.
Contrary to the Start button it fails to use an infinite size target since you can't ram the mouse in the top-left corner and expect it to work. That Google logo is quite a big target and each item is actually bigger than previously so it might still be an improvement according to Fitts's law compared to the previous bar, but navigating down a nested popup menu sure is no improvement.
PS: originally the Windows taskbar failed at Fitts's law by having some inactive 2px padding which prevented a click to actually land after ramming the mouse. I can't recall when that was fixed.