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To: "Alertbox Announcement List" From: alertbox@nngroup.com (Jakob Nielsen) Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox for August 20 is now online at: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20000820.html Mailing list content must be ultra-short. Provide separate email addresses for subscribing and unsubscribing and include info on how to get off in every mailing list message. Improved usability increased subscriptions by 128% in one case study. --- Paper Prototyping: A How-To Video (32 minute training video on DVD): http://www.nngroup.com/reports/prototyping --- To subscribe send a blank email to join-alertbox@laser.sparklist.com To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-alertbox@laser.sparklist.com [You are currently subscribed as Donald@duck.com]