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| Don't Make Me Think!: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability | 
 enlarge | Author: Steve Krug
Publisher: New Riders
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  51 reviews
Sales Rank: 282
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 216
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6.7 x 0.4
ISBN: 0321344758
Dewey Decimal Number: 006.7
EAN: 9780321344755
Publication Date: September 8, 2005
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Usability design is one of the most important though often least attractive tasks for a Web developer. In Don't Make Me Think, author Steve Krug lightens up the subject with good humour 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 within it 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. For example, "We don't read pages--we scan them" and, "We don't figure out how things work--we muddle through". Getting to grips with such hard facts sets the stage for Web design that then produces top-notch sites. Using an attractive mix of full-colour 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 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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 Short and sweet April 9, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is definately not for usability experts. It is for everyone, it's short and sweet. If you want to know basics than go on, it is good! But don't expect detailed knowledge. I much more advice to read Jakob Nielsen if you want detailed source of knowledge.
A must read for any web designer/developer February 12, 2008
Steve manages to pull off something that is usually overlooked when it comes to discussing web usability.
Every thing is written in plain and simple English.
Everything is common sense and easy to take on. The terminology will be easy for anyone to digest - while being plain and simple, it's understandable to newcomers while not patronising more experienced readers.
The entire book is designed to be read cover-to-cover in a few hours (depending on your reading ability). I am not someone who can just eat a book up and have been reading it during coffee-breaks and the like.
If you have any involvement in websites and want to add something else to your skill set, don't even think about forking out on this book.
Wow! January 25, 2008
Having just "adopted" two company websites, I've been buying books to help me get to grips with it all. This book answers a number of things and explains exactly what I need to do to impress customers, keep them and get them to buy. Excellent
Excelent Book November 2, 2007
Great book! Very easy and simple to read. One of my first approaches to usability got me to this book. Besides getting the message quite well I thought the reading was very funny.
I definitely recommend it.
Essential reading for anyone involved in website production! September 15, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Since reading the first edition some years ago, I always refer to this book during usability presentations and recommend it to not only designers and developers, but also consultants, project managers and even clients. When the second edition was released in 2006 I purchased a few copies for the office and made it essential reading for everyone!
It's a very easy read and doesn't complicate matters with technical jargon, but instead relates to everyday tasks such as likening finding a product on a website to looking for a chainsaw in a hardware store. It examines the way we use the internet, it highlights that people don't use websites the way the designer intended and that we don't `read' websites, we scan them. It covers popular, common-sense solutions to these issues and uses clear, well-illustrated examples. It also talks about simplifying usability testing so you do enough of it, and uses some real-world examples to demonstrate.
It is an essential purchase for anyone involved in website creation and there are three new chapters in the second edition that help justify a new purchase if you already own the first edition.
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