&gt; both the Apple bar and the MS bar do the same thing, offer a target in accordance to Fitts&#x27; Law.<p>Not until Windows 2000. Prior to that, the Start button had a single &quot;dead&quot; pixel along the left and bottom sides of it in which clicking didn&#x27;t open the Start menu. Microsoft design: it <i>looks</i> right, but it just doesn&#x27;t quite <i>work</i> right.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;blogs.msdn.com&#x2F;b&#x2F;jensenh&#x2F;archive&#x2F;2006&#x2F;08&#x2F;22&#x2F;711808.aspx" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;blogs.msdn.com&#x2F;b&#x2F;jensenh&#x2F;archive&#x2F;2006&#x2F;08&#x2F;22&#x2F;711808.as...</a>