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

From the Editor by B. Chaparro

Website Design 

Reading Online News: A Comparison of Three Presentation Formats by R. Baker, M. Bernard, & S. Riley

	Examining the Effects of Hypertext Shape on User Performance by M. Bernard
	Determining Cognitive Predictors of User Performance within Complex User Interfaces by M. Bernard, C. Hamblin, & B. Scofield
	The Effects of Line Length on Children and Adults' Online Reading Performance by M. Bernard, M. Fernandez, & S. Hull

 

Fortune 500 Revisited: Current Trends in Site Map Design by M. Russell

E-Commerce Usability

  

	Can Personality Be Used to Predict How We Use the Internet? by B. Lida
	Online Shopping for Office Supplies: Factors Impacting User Satisfaction by B. Chaparro, V. Pereira, & S. Padgett
	Are You in Good Hands With Allstate?: A Comparison of Three Auto-Insurance Websites by R. Baker & C. Gilmore
	Top Ten Mistakes of Shopping Cart Design by B. Chaparro

Technology & Education

  

	Using Technology to Foster a Student-Centered Classroom by C. Halcomb & N. Rogers
	Bringing the Chat Room to the Classroom by M. Russell & C. Halcomb

 
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