The role of cognitive psychology in user-interface design
Applying cognitive psychology to user-interface design
Designing user interfaces
Comparison of empirical testing and walkthrough methods in user interface evaluation
CHI '92 Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
INTERCHI '93 Proceedings of the INTERCHI '93 conference on Human factors in computing systems
Usability inspection methods
The pluralistic usability walkthrough: coordinated empathies
Usability inspection methods
Enhancing the explanatory power of usability heuristics
CHI '94 Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Dynamics in document design: creating text for readers
Dynamics in document design: creating text for readers
Usability studies of WWW sites: heuristic evaluation vs. laboratory testing
SIGDOC '97 Proceedings of the 15th annual international conference on Computer documentation
A study of fonts designed for screen display
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Automatic Support for Usability Evaluation
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
Designing trust into online experiences
Communications of the ACM
Empirically validated web page design metrics
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Usability for the Web: designing Web sites that work
Usability for the Web: designing Web sites that work
Shaping Web usability: interaction design in context
Shaping Web usability: interaction design in context
Designing Web Usability: The Practice of Simplicity
Designing Web Usability: The Practice of Simplicity
Usability Engineering
Web Pages That Suck: Learn Good Design by Looking at Bad Design
Web Pages That Suck: Learn Good Design by Looking at Bad Design
Usability Testing and Research
Usability Testing and Research
IEEE Internet Computing
Usability Metrics: Tracking Interface Improvements
IEEE Software
The effects of font type and size on the legibility and reading time of online text by older adults
CHI '01 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Assessing a Firm's Web Presence: A Heuristic Evaluation Procedure for the Measurement of Usability
Information Systems Research
Web Site Usability, Design, and Performance Metrics
Information Systems Research
An empirical foundation for automated web interface evaluation
An empirical foundation for automated web interface evaluation
Handbook of Usability TestingXXX: Howto Plan, Design, and Conduct Effective Tests
Handbook of Usability TestingXXX: Howto Plan, Design, and Conduct Effective Tests
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Web usability measures the ease of use of a website. This study attempts to find the effect of three factors font size, italics, and colour count on web usability. The study was performed using a set of tasks and developing a survey questionnaire. We performed the study using a set of human subjects, selected from the undergraduate students taking courses in psychology. The data computed from the tasks and survey questionnaire were statistically analysed to find if there was any effect of font size, italics, and colour count on the three web usability dimensions. We found that for the student population considered, there was no significant effect of font size on usability. However, the manipulation of italics and colour count did influence some aspects of usability. The subjects performed better for pages with no italics and high italics compared to moderate italics. The subjects rated the pages that contained only one colour higher than the web pages with four or six colours. This research will help web developers better understand the effect of font size, italics, and colour count on web usability in general, and for young adults, in particular.