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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."
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