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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:  56 reviews
Sales Rank: 340
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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A must have for (almost) anybody working with web sites. March 18, 2003
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A really good book about WEB-DESIGN, NAVIGATION and a lot more. Both practical and theoretical while still being light-reading and PROPERLY ILLUSTRATED with plenty of REAL EXAMPLES. I strongly recommend this book for anybody buying, owning, testing, designing, teaching or otherwise dealing with interactive multimedia productions. The www today could really be much more USER-FRIENDLY, if more people had the knowledge contained in this book.
A must to read August 23, 2002
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is first time I have ever written a review on Amazon. But this book is a must for anybody that wants to really understand what makes web sites work (or not). Easy and quick to read, it makes a few fundamental points that you can see are being ignored day in day out in the construction of web sites. Terrific
Great sections on navigation, home page design, usability June 25, 2002
26 out of 26 found this review helpful
What makes this book valuable:
- in-depth treatment of navigation design. The sections on tabs and breadcrumbs are especially excellent;
- great section on effective home page design. Get this book along with Nielsen's "Homepage Usability", and you're set in this department.
- wonderful primer on usability testing. If your web team is small, this could be all you need to get started with informal user testing. My own experience supports Steve's: you don't have to have Ph.D. in human factors to facilitate fruitful usability tests;
- last, but not least, the book is very easy to read due to its witty tone, short paragraphs, and tons of bullets.
One thing this book could do better:
- make the headings more informative, saving the witticisms for the body copy. This would have made it a quicker at-a-glance reference.Conclusion:
The book scores a perfect 10 with its target audience: the designers, developers, project managers, producers, marketers, and those who "sign the check". Just buy it.
 a bed time read - not a cherished reference April 25, 2002
28 out of 43 found this review helpful
Since the inception of the internet there have been a plethora of usability experts, many of whom have published books offering usability advice, Mr Krug is one such expert. His publication entitled 'Don't make me think - a common sense approach to web usability' is perhaps most note worthy for the clear and concise manner in which Mr Krug's arguments are presented. The book, and the apparent focus of his consultancy business ('advanced common sense - I'm sure it was funny once), concentrates on providing basic common sense usability advice (with a touch of satirical humour) whilst avoiding the all too common 'site bashing' diatribes.
If you have a friend, colleague or client who doesn't get it when you talk about usability give them this book to read. Its very accessible and can be read front to back during a single evening. If you work in the field of usability or are studying it don't waste your money - the book's arguments are very, very basic and you won't learn anything new from it ... if you do your in the wrong job / studying the wrong subject.
The best book on Web Usability that I have read. March 19, 2002
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
In a subject that is often preachy, dry and sometimes event pedantic in style, Krug's approach is a breath of fresh air.
The book is entertaining and informative at the same time - it uses lots of illustrations to make its point, and that point is dead simple - Don't Make Me Think!
Unfortunately, it is the user that shouldn't have to think - designers, architects, developers and content authors really do need to think hard about how to create websites for the audience. This book goes a long way to helping them.
I would recommend this book to anyone involved in website design (and indeed I have!).
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