{"id":1693,"date":"2009-03-07T08:23:08","date_gmt":"2009-03-07T08:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"\/blogs\/news\/archive\/2009\/03\/07\/why-windows-mobile-6-5-s-honeycomb-menu-is-not-just-a-glorified-grid-rather-simple-ingenuity.aspx"},"modified":"2009-03-07T08:23:08","modified_gmt":"2009-03-07T08:23:08","slug":"why-windows-mobile-6-5-s-honeycomb-menu-is-not-just-a-glorified-grid-rather-simple-ingenuity-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plexuk.co.uk\/?p=1693","title":{"rendered":"Why Windows Mobile 6.5\u2019s honeycomb menu is not just a \u201cglorified grid\u201d, rather, simple ingenuity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"image\" style=\"border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px\" height=\"161\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/plexuk.co.uk\/blogs\/news\/image_5B6FE226.png\" width=\"244\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" \/> Several weeks ago, some pundits were quick to dismiss Windows Mobile 6.5\u2019s honeycomb menu as a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2009\/02\/18\/editorial-ten-reasons-why-windows-mobile-6-5-misses-the-mark\/\">\u201cglorified grid\u201d, an Engadget editorial put it<\/a> &#8211; \u201ca sign that Microsoft has gone out of its way to avoid a grid\u201d, but that\u2019s what happens when misinformed \u201cjournalists\u201d try to appear smart. The truth is, the honeycomb from a usability perspective is superior than traditional square grids for a touch interface. Here\u2019s why.<\/p>\n<p>Contrary to popular belief, the tip of human fingers is not squared, but in fact circle-shaped when depressed against a hard surface like a touchscreen. When you\u2019re space-constrained as you are in something like the applications menu &#8211; where there\u2019s a fine balance between how many icons can be displayed at one time and how easy it is to hit the icons, large circular hitareas makes it easier for users to touch the desired icons and avoid accidentally hitting nearby icons.<\/p>\n<p>Full Article &#8211; <a title=\"http:\/\/www.istartedsomething.com\/20090302\/windows-mobile-65-honeycomb-menu-simple-ingenuity\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.istartedsomething.com\/20090302\/windows-mobile-65-honeycomb-menu-simple-ingenuity\/\">http:\/\/www.istartedsomething.com\/20090302\/windows-mobile-65-honeycomb-menu-simple-ingenuity\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several weeks ago, some pundits were quick to dismiss Windows Mobile 6.5\u2019s honeycomb menu as a \u201cglorified grid\u201d, an Engadget editorial put it &#8211; \u201ca sign that Microsoft has gone out of its way to avoid a grid\u201d, but that\u2019s what happens when misinformed \u201cjournalists\u201d try to appear smart. The truth is, the honeycomb from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[338],"class_list":["post-1693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/plexuk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/plexuk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/plexuk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plexuk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plexuk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/plexuk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1693\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/plexuk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plexuk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plexuk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}