Usability News is a free web newsletter that is produced by the Software Usability Research
Laboratory (SURL) at Wichita State University. The SURL team specializes in software/website user interface design, usability testing, and research in human-computer interaction.
Barbara S. Chaparro, Editor

Inside this Issue:

Website Design 

• Reading Online Text with a Poor Layout: Is Performance Worse?
  by B.S. Chaparro, A.D. Shaikh, & J.R. Baker
• Metaphors and Website Design: A Cross-Cultural Case Study of the Tide.com Stain Detective
  by A.D. Shaikh, B.S. Chaparro, W.T. Nelson, & A. Joshi 
• Using Eye-Tracking Data to Understand First Impressions of a Website
  by M. Russell

Input Devices

• Ergonomic Mice: Comparison of Performance and Perceived Exertion
  by D. Scarlett
• A Breakdown of the Psychomotor Components of Input Device Usage
  by J. Slocum

Usability of Technical Documentation

• A Comparison of Two Evaluation Techniques for Technical Documentation
  by B. Rogers, C. Hamblin, & A. Chaparro
• Evaluation Toolbox for Aviation Technical Publications
  by B. Rogers, C. Hamblin, & A. Chaparro