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Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition

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by: Steve Krug

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 006.7
EAN: 9780321344755
ISBN: 0321344758
Label: New Riders Press
Manufacturer: New Riders Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 216
Publication Date: August 28, 2005
Publisher: New Riders Press
Sales Rank: 280
Studio: New Riders Press

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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.

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! 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

Amazon.com Review:
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

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- Great Little Book
This is one of those books that you read and nod your head 'yes'. A few times I said, 'DUH!' while hitting my forehead.

Things that are obvious but not thought of by the people creating the site.

Great thoughts on testing and human factors analysis.

Well worth the money!

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- Web Design Know How
WOW

Just buy the book, and only this book, if you need to understand web design principles.

Heck, buy the book if you want to read good writing.

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- Dont Make Me Think
Informative and enjoyable read - highly recommended for those desiring to educate themselves on web design and useability.

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- A Must Read for Anyone has a Website.
Steven Krug's Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition will make you rethink how you look at every web page you visit. This book was reading for my Internet Marketing college course and this was possible the most interesting read I have ever been assigned for college. The book is very short and there's a reason. Conciseness is a main theme of the book. It gets right to the point without forcing the reader to read anything unnecessary. He has very valid points ... Read More

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- Should all be common sense
This book was on the "suggested" reading lists for an interface design class that I took in college. I checked out the first edition from the library and read it from cover to cover in one night. I decided that it had to be a permanent part of my collection because it is just so well-written and concise in its message. The title doesn't lie- it definitely is a "common sense" approach, but after surfing the internet for so many years, banging my head against the wall, and pulling my hair out, it's obvious ... Read More

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