Don't Make Me Think, Revisited
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Yesterday's Web looked far different from today's Web, and tomorrow's Web will look more different still. Amidst all of this change, however, one aspect of Web use remains the same: The sites that offer the best, easiest, most intuitive experience are the ones people visit again and again. To ensure that your sites provide that experience, this guide from usability guru Krug distills his years of on-the-job experience into a practical primer on the do's and don'ts of good Web design. The second edition of this classic adds three new chapters that explain why people really leave Web sites, how to make sites usable and accessible, and the art of surviving executive design whims, plus a new preface and updated recommended reading.--From publisher description
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What I liked:
- The simple language used to explain normally complex matters.
- The good humor, examples, and metaphors the writer employs to explain things; they really work.
Now the drawbacks:
- I find the information in the book to be a little too simplistic and common sense. Even for people with only an interest in the area of web usability, they may find that they already know, or at least have thought in a very similar way when they browse daily.
- I understand that this isn't a scientific book, and the author does refer to Nielsen a couple of times, but all in all, the knowledge in this book comes directly from the writer's mind, with very few scientific sources to confirm what is being said.
- Even though the second edition is from 2005, almost eight years have passed, and most of the webpage elements he focuses on in the book aren't really that commonly used anymore. Still, this isn't the author's fault. Books age, and so does the content they contain.
Very little content, basically a list of books you should have read instead of this one
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This book's a great guide to creating usable websites, highlighting common design flaws found in various sites and offering suggestions on how to avoid such issues. The book's concise, following its own design rules. The only reasons for not achieving 5 stars were; the book's examples are now dated, and a lot of the advice I found I intuitively knew; though have experienced a number of sites and systems where that was not the case meaning this resource definitely has an audience in need of its guidance.
