Email Newsletters - Surviving Inbox Congestion

[email protected] (Jakob Nielsen) Mon, 12 Jun 2006 08:50:00 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.comp.web.alertbox
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Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox for June 12 is now online at:
  > http://www.useit.com/alertbox/newsletters.html
	
Summary:
Newsletter usability has increased since our last study, but the
competition for users' attention has also grown with the
ever-increasing glut of information.

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