03-10-2014, 05:05 AM
Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition
If you work with any programmers. Get this and hit them in the head with it several times. And if they still argue with you about design elements and marketing. - fire them. - Non Conformer
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.
![[Image: dontmakemethink.jpg]](http://mrwweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dontmakemethink.jpg)
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 Steve
Krug's "instant classic" on Web usability, but people are still
discovering it every day. In this second edition, Steve adds three new
chapters in the same style as the original: wry and entertaining, yet
loaded with insights and practical advice for novice and veteran alike.
Don't be surprised if it completely changes the way you think about
Web design.
* 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! showed me how to put myself
in the position of the person who uses my site. After reading it over a
couple of hours and putting its ideas to work for the past five years, I
can say it has done more to improve my abilities as a Web designer than
any other book.
In this second edition, Steve Krug adds essential ammunition for those
whose bosses, clients, stakeholders, and marketing managers insist on
doing the wrong thing. If you design, write, program, own, or manage
Web sites, you must read this book." -- Jeffrey Zeldman, author of
Designing with Web Standards
"When you have clients who want to "help" you design their website, you
can use many of the guidelines and descriptions of good designs for an
easy way to steer them to make the right decisions. Sometimes, it's
easier to use someone else' name to turn the client around."
About the Author:
Steve Krug is a usability consultant who has more than 15
years of experience as a user advocate for companies like Apple,
Netscape, AOL, Lexus, and others. Based in part on the success of the
first edition of Don’t Make Me Think, he has become a highly sought-after speaker on usability design.
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If you work with any programmers. Get this and hit them in the head with it several times. And if they still argue with you about design elements and marketing. - fire them. - Non Conformer
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 Steve
Krug's "instant classic" on Web usability, but people are still
discovering it every day. In this second edition, Steve adds three new
chapters in the same style as the original: wry and entertaining, yet
loaded with insights and practical advice for novice and veteran alike.
Don't be surprised if it completely changes the way you think about
Web design.
* 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! showed me how to put myself
in the position of the person who uses my site. After reading it over a
couple of hours and putting its ideas to work for the past five years, I
can say it has done more to improve my abilities as a Web designer than
any other book.
In this second edition, Steve Krug adds essential ammunition for those
whose bosses, clients, stakeholders, and marketing managers insist on
doing the wrong thing. If you design, write, program, own, or manage
Web sites, you must read this book." -- Jeffrey Zeldman, author of
Designing with Web Standards
"When you have clients who want to "help" you design their website, you
can use many of the guidelines and descriptions of good designs for an
easy way to steer them to make the right decisions. Sometimes, it's
easier to use someone else' name to turn the client around."
About the Author:
Steve Krug is a usability consultant who has more than 15
years of experience as a user advocate for companies like Apple,
Netscape, AOL, Lexus, and others. Based in part on the success of the
first edition of Don’t Make Me Think, he has become a highly sought-after speaker on usability design.
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