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Summary: Great Book
Review: This book is a must have for anyone who does web design/development. A lot of technical developers often have problems figuring out why their target users get confused. This book explains why people get confused, and how to avoid common mistakes.
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Summary: Highly recommended
Review: This book is deffinantly worth having, but don't take it as the bible. It's humor is fun, and it doesn't take a huge time investment to read.
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Summary: this is what you want.
Review: what does this book teach you.. you already know how to build great sites, and how to restrain yourself to that inate ability. all you need is the "rules of design", which I think someone posted in a review, because those are the principles you'll remember and walk away with.. buying the reading the book really only serves to make you believe in the value of those principles. it's kind of slow reading because it tries to stretch out these principles over what is still in the end a short book..
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Summary: The best web design book money can buy
Review: This is a wise book presented with a sense of humor, and obviously, much of the stuff is born from real-life experience, not from scholastic pondering... Although Krug says the book is short enough to be read in a long plane travel, the real time to read it is about two or three days - there's too much condensed useful information to take at once. Picks:
- how to conduct your own usability tests
- writing for the web
- general advices for what to do before even thinking about how the site should look like. The design of the book itself is brilliant, and the illustrations made the reading a really entertaining experience. I'd be happy if everyone in my company would read it, although it's mostly about graphic designers and project managers. And I think Steve Krug managed to convince me that every good site must be tested by his methods before launching.
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Summary: Great investment!
Review: Learn: how we (web users) really go thru websites, how current design conventions help users explore sites, and how to test your designs (on a budget).
The book was very easy to read and recall.
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Summary: Exactly what I needed
Review: Filled with the kind of humor I "get", the concepts are simple and direct. Our site was due for an update, and its format will change due to some of the "forehead slapping" that occured as I realized my mistakes. Enjoyable and worthwhile read P.S. One spelling error on page 32.
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Summary: Excelente consejero
Review: Un buen libro, excelente consejero a la hora de diseñar tus propios sitios WEB; trata de una manera inmejorable la usabilidad y los problemas mas comunes que te enfrentas desde que empiezas el diseño hasta que llega a las manos de los usuarios.
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Summary: Make An Impression -- A Good One
Review: This book shows how to make an impression -- a good one. Not a glitzy one, but one that the users will appreciate. This is one of only two books on Web design that I recommend (I have read dozens). This is not some doctoral tome with tons of pictures (it does have many good pictures, but they are useful ones). This is not the latest full-page flash artist scheme. This is good, quick, hands-on knowledge -- just like a good Webpage should be. Read it and prosper.
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Summary: A very good book when it was written, still a good book now
Review: I just finished reading the book November 2001...over a year since it was printed, and probably a good two years since the author started writing the book. At that time (2 years back), web interface was like the Wild West...few conventions with a lot of experimentation going on. However, fast-forward to the present time and there's hardly anything new or fresh to his book because what he was preaching then is by now web convention. It's almost a template to any corporate website. This is by no means a discredit to the author...only to the fact that I read his book at a much later time. Since most of what he was saying then is by now convention only proves that he knows what he's talking about.
What I found useful was his treatment of visual hierarchy. At a glance, the first time visitor should be able to make sense of what the site is all about, what it can do for him and where to start. It's not only having the essential components (site id, tagline, welcome blurb, sections, etc.) but also knowing the proper treatment to these components.
Another useful idea was doing usability tests on the cheap, doing a series of tests with fewer people than 1 big test with lots of people.
For veteran and new web designers embarking on a new project, this remains a good refresher book. But if you want to leverage the current web literacy of users out there, a more current book that expounds on emerging usability issues might be a better choice.
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Summary: The best book for web developers - PERIOD
Review: This book is one of the best web development books out there. Truly a "two thumbs up!" It's short and to-the-point style and intuitive graphics give it the edge it needs over boring 400 page manuals. "Don't Make Me Think!" teaches you the one thing your REALLY need to know before designing a website... how to make it USABLE. It doesn't matter if it uses the latest technologies and looks awesome, if people can't find what they're looking for they're going to leave. I can't wait for Steve Krug's next book...
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