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  Notes from the Editor

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

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