Don't Make Me Think! - Steve Krug is sub-titled "A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability", but it's much more than that. The principals can be applied to many other areas where you expect s 'user' to be able to use something.
So, if you are interested in User Interfaces, whether website, ... Read review
Usability design is one of the most important though often least attractive tasks for a ... more
Web developer. InDon't Make Me Think, author Steve Krug lightens up the subject with good humour and excellent to-the-point examples.The title of the book is its ch...
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Advantages: Full of seemingly obvious pointers Disadvantages: Steve Krug isn't in my team
Don't Make Me Think! - Steve Krug is sub-titled "A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability", but it's much more than that. The principals can be applied to many other areas where you expect s 'user' to be able to use something.
So, if you are interested in User Interfaces, whether website, computer program or even beyond that into the tactile world of devices, then this book is a must-read for you.
If you actually ... ...book, then WHY NOT?
Steve Krug is a legend in operability and once you've gone through this book you will understand why. It's a practical, no nonsense guide to what you should and shouldn't do to make it easy for visitors to your site.
Written in a very matter-of-fact manner, it is an easy and quick read. I found it hard to put down and learned a lot from the first read-thorough and more from using it as a reference book; ... more
Don't Make Me Think! - Steve Krug is sub-titled "A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability", but it's much more than that. The principals can be applied to many other areas where you expect s 'user' to be able to use something.
So, if you are interested in User Interfaces, whether website, computer program or even beyond that into the tactile world of devices, then this book is a must-read for you.
If you actually design Websites and/or User Interfaces and you *haven't* read this book, then WHY NOT?
Steve Krug is a legend in operability and once you've gone through this book you will understand why. It's a practical, no nonsense guide to what you should and shouldn't do to make it easy for visitors to your site.
Written in a very matter-of-fact manner, it is an easy and quick read. I found it hard to put down and learned a lot from the first read-thorough and more from using it as a reference book; dipping back in on occasion.
It's separated into four main sections: 'Guiding Principals', 'What You Need to Get Right', 'Making Sure You Got Them Right' and 'Larger Concerns and Outside Influences'. Every one of the twelve main chapters contains a host of things that will make you thing, "Of course!"
When you've read the book, you could be forgiven for thinking, "Yeah, but that's pretty all obvious, common sense really." But take a step back and look at some websites, user interfaces, devices, advertising even and think again...
As Voltaire said, "Common sense is not so common."
ManicMorFF 17.05.2009
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Non-Fiction
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Information Technology
Title
Don't Make Me Think!: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability
Author
Steve Krug
Publisher
New Riders
ISBN
0321344758
EAN
9780321344755
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Usability design is one of the most important though often least attractive tasks for a Web developer. In <I>Don't Make Me Think</I>, author Steve Krug lightens up the subject with good humour and excellent to-the-point examples.<p> The title of the book is its chief personal design premise. All of the tips, techniques and examples presented within it revolve around users being able to surf merrily through a well-designed site with minimal cognitive strain. Readers will quickly come to agree with many of the book's assumptions. For example, "We don't read pages--we scan them" and, "We don't figure out how things work--we muddle through". Getting to grips with such hard facts sets the stage for Web design that then produces top-notch sites.<p> Using an attractive mix of full-colour screen shots, cute cartoons and diagrams, and informative sidebars, the book keeps your attention and drives home some crucial points. Much of the content is devoted to proper use of conventions and content layout, and the "before and after" examples are superb. Topics such as the wise use of rollovers and usability testing are covered using a consistently practical approach.<p> This is the type of book you can blow through in a couple evenings. But despite its conciseness, it will give you an expert's ability to judge Web design. You'll never form a first impression of a site in the same way again. <I>--Stephen W Plain</I>
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