Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition
by: Steve Krug
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Usability design is one of the most important--yet often least attractive--tasks for a Web developer. In Don't Make Me Think, author Steve Krug lightens up the subject with good humor and excellent, to-the-point examples.
The title of the book is its chief personal design premise. All of the tips, techniques, and examples presented 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, such as "We don't read pages--we scan them" and "We don't figure out how things work--we muddle through." Coming to grips with such hard facts sets the stage for Web design that then produces topnotch sites.
Using an attractive mix of full-color 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.
This is the type of book you can blow through in a couple of 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. --Stephen W. Plain
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Product Description:
Five years and more than 100,000 copies after it was first published,it's hard to imagine anyone working in Web design who hasn't read SteveKrug's "instant classic" on Web usability, but people are stilldiscovering it every day.In this second edition, Steve addsthree new chapters in the same style as the original: wry andentertaining, yet loaded with insights and practical advice for noviceand veteran alike.Don't be surprised if it completely changesthe way you think about Web design.
Three New Chapters!
"I thought usability was the enemy of design until I read the first edition of this book.Don't Make Me Think! showedme how to put myself in the position of the person who uses mysite.After reading it over a couple of hours and putting itsideas to work for the past five years, I can say it has done more toimprove my abilities as a Web designer than any other book.
Inthis second edition, Steve Krug adds essential ammunition for thosewhose bosses, clients, stakeholders, and marketing managers insist ondoing the wrong thing.If you design, write, program, own, ormanage Web sites, you must read this book."-- Jeffrey Zeldman,author of Designing with Web Standards
Usability design is one of the most important--yet often least attractive--tasks for a Web developer. In Don't Make Me Think, author Steve Krug lightens up the subject with good humor and excellent, to-the-point examples.
The title of the book is its chief personal design premise. All of the tips, techniques, and examples presented 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, such as "We don't read pages--we scan them" and "We don't figure out how things work--we muddle through." Coming to grips with such hard facts sets the stage for Web design that then produces topnotch sites.
Using an attractive mix of full-color 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.
This is the type of book you can blow through in a couple of 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. --Stephen W. Plain
Topics covered:
- User patterns
- Designing for scanning
- Wise use of copy
- Navigation design
- Home page layout
- Usability testing
Product Description:
Five years and more than 100,000 copies after it was first published,it's hard to imagine anyone working in Web design who hasn't read SteveKrug's "instant classic" on Web usability, but people are stilldiscovering it every day.In this second edition, Steve addsthree new chapters in the same style as the original: wry andentertaining, yet loaded with insights and practical advice for noviceand veteran alike.Don't be surprised if it completely changesthe way you think about Web design.
Three New Chapters!
- Usability as common courtesy -- Why people really leave Web sites
- Web Accessibility, CSS, and you -- Making sites usable and accessible
- Help! My boss wants me to ______. -- Surviving executive design whims
"I thought usability was the enemy of design until I read the first edition of this book.Don't Make Me Think! showedme how to put myself in the position of the person who uses mysite.After reading it over a couple of hours and putting itsideas to work for the past five years, I can say it has done more toimprove my abilities as a Web designer than any other book.
Inthis second edition, Steve Krug adds essential ammunition for thosewhose bosses, clients, stakeholders, and marketing managers insist ondoing the wrong thing.If you design, write, program, own, ormanage Web sites, you must read this book."-- Jeffrey Zeldman,author of Designing with Web Standards
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- Great Book Delivered Quickly in Perfect Condition
Nice book with obvious but often overlooked or forgotten details about how to design nice web pages and sites that make sense and are easy to navigate and understand.
Rating: - Don't Make Me Think!
This is a great book - clearly written, easy reading, good examples, good references to other books/websites/sources. I highly recommend it to anyone designing websites, and parts of it to anyone who is hiring someone else to design or redesign their site. By using the methods described in this book and looking at other sites the person has done, you will better assess the quality of the person you are interviewing for the work.
Rating: - Great book - a must read
Being new to the web world, this book is a God-send. It's practical, straight-forward, easy to read and humorous. It's a great introduction to website usability for those who design, creative direct or do copywriting for websites.
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- Good, but the last part made me think
Very useful information, but like many books bogs down a little on the back end.Other than that, the book practices what it preaches.I've given my copy to our web design team and plan to see it passed around.
Rating: - Great
Came in the same condition it said it would be in: new. It arrived on time and I didn't have to worry that it wasn't coming. Great service!
- Great Book Delivered Quickly in Perfect ConditionNice book with obvious but often overlooked or forgotten details about how to design nice web pages and sites that make sense and are easy to navigate and understand.
- Don't Make Me Think!This is a great book - clearly written, easy reading, good examples, good references to other books/websites/sources. I highly recommend it to anyone designing websites, and parts of it to anyone who is hiring someone else to design or redesign their site. By using the methods described in this book and looking at other sites the person has done, you will better assess the quality of the person you are interviewing for the work.
- Great book - a must readBeing new to the web world, this book is a God-send. It's practical, straight-forward, easy to read and humorous. It's a great introduction to website usability for those who design, creative direct or do copywriting for websites.
- Good, but the last part made me thinkVery useful information, but like many books bogs down a little on the back end.Other than that, the book practices what it preaches.I've given my copy to our web design team and plan to see it passed around.
- GreatCame in the same condition it said it would be in: new. It arrived on time and I didn't have to worry that it wasn't coming. Great service!
