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
	Measuring Online Experience: Give Us Your Input! by B. Lida Rogers
	Web Object Study by M. Bernard & A. Sheshadri

Website Design 
    

What's the Skinny on Weight Loss Websites? by D. Shaikh, R. Baker, & M. Russell

 

	Influence of Training and Exposure on the Usage of Breadcrumb Navigation by S. Hull
	Does Background Music Impact Computer Task Performance? by C. Phillips

 

Evaluation of Websites for Older Adults: How "Senior-Friendly" Are They? by T. Hart

Alternative Devices

  

	The Effects of Perceptual Grouping on Text Entry Performance by C. Hamblin, M. Bohan, & A. Chaparro
	Evaluating the Combimouse™: An New Input Device for Personal Computers by J. Slocum, S. Thompson, B. Chaparro, & M. Bohan
	Usability of Mobile Devices in the Cockpit by C. Hamblin

Technology and Education

  

Where's My Clicker? Bringing the Remote into the Classroom: Part II by G. Copas, S. Del Valle

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