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The Usability SIG Newsletter

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Usability Interface

Usability Interface is the quarterly publication of the STC Usability and User Experience Community. The purpose of the newsletter is to provide technical communicators with up-to-date and in-depth information on how they can apply usability design and testing techniques to their products. 

May 2008

Usability for Everyone
By Michael Harvey, Associate Fellow
Learn how accessibility and usability should work hand in hand.

Making the Case for Explicit Documentation Requirements
By Pradipto Das
This article makes a case for using explicit documentation requirements and recommends a method for putting it into practice.

Evaluating Online Help
By Meghashri Dalvi
Use this guide to evaluate how your help measures up.

Columns and SIG News

Editorial
By Sherri Martin, Assistant Editor
Why Successful Product Maintenance Requires Usability Testing

Community News
By Karen Bachmann, UUX Manager
A Moment to Reflect

 

Newsletter Links

Newsletter Archives - Back issues from 1998, with links to individual articles
Address Check - Community members can check and update their mailing address in the STC online database.
Submitting an Article - Instructions for submissions and the editorial schedule
Contacts

Managing Editor/Publisher
David Dick
davidjdick2000@yahoo.com

Reprints and Links

Links to the online versions of articles are encouraged.

Reprints from the printed newsletter are allowed if permission is obtained from the original author, credit is given to the author and the newsletter, and a copy of the reprint is sent to both the current newsletter editor and author. Phototcopying of portions of the newsletter is permitted, provided this is done for non-profit, educational purposes. For other uses of newsletter material, please contact the editor for permission in advance.

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Award of Excellence
2005
STC Newsletter Competition

 
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