Usability Views Article Details  home | timeline | recent | popular | e-reports | userati | books | about  Reading Online Text with a Poor Layout: Is Performance Worse? (15 Feb 2005) Summary: This study examined the effects of enhanced layout (headers, indentation, and figure placement) on reading performance, comprehension, and satisfaction. Participants read text passages with and without enhanced layout. Results showed that reading speed and comprehension were not affected by layout, however, participants were more satisfied with the enhanced layout and reported it to be less fatiguing to read. Article URL: http://psychology.wichita.edu/surl/usabilitynews/71/page_setting.html Read 103 more articles from Software Usability Research Laboratory sorted by date, popularity, or title. Next Article: Seven Common Usability Testing Mistakes     This site is a labour of love built by Chris McEvoy