| Issues |
Topics Covered |
| December, 2000 |
What does the Near Future Promise for Usability? – Usability-related observations from COMDEX |
| November, 2000 |
The Usability of Punched Ballots – Improving usability in America's voting systems. Calculating the number of test subjects required to find usability problems. |
| October, 2000 |
Link Affordance – How can designers improve the "link affordance" of their Web pages? What is the link affordance rate of your Web pages? |
| September,2000 |
Reducing Reliance on Superstition – How to improve design decisions by reducing reliance on superstition. Let’s start with Miller’s "Magic 7" |
| August, 2000 |
Human Interaction Speeds – What are typical human interaction speeds for reading, listening, speaking, keying, and handwriting? |
| July, 2000 |
Menu Selection – What can we do to speed-up website interactions? |
| June, 2000 |
Improving User Performance – A recent task taxonomy of browser use concludes download time and scrolling are two major problems that developers need to address. |
| May, 2000 |
Screen Resolution – Can users read faster when using monitors that are set at higher resolutions? |
| April, 2000 |
Web Page Design – Where are the Facts? – Good grouping and good alignment make a difference. Pictures and words on buttons improve usability. |
| March, 2000 |
e-Commerce Success? – What percent of the time do users find what they are looking for when using the Internet or corporate Intranet? |
| February, 2000 |
Screen Size – Bigger is Much Better – Does the size of the screen relate to the speed with which work can be done? Is there any value in buying larger monitors or having larger Web pages? |
| January, 2000 |
Speech Recognition – Why is it taking so long for speech to be used as a primary input method? |
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