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Summary: A must read for any web designer. Realistic, barebones advic
Review: Steve Krug is a likeable guy. In this book, he doesn't waste any time and cuts right to the chase. You already know usability is the main key to a successful website... read a lot of "no brainer" advice. You'll walk away from this book with a handful of ideas to improve your website.Unlike Jacob Neilson, Krug isn't such an extremest when it comes to usability. Krug is more practical and more in touch with reality.
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Summary: If you only buy ONE book about usability, get this one!
Review: What makes this book a fantastic introduction to Web Usability are its: 1) Brevity, conciseness
2) Accessibility, lots of illustrations and cartoon-style diagrams and humor
3) It's very common-sense approach. Truly an eye-opener. I own many books on usability, and rank this one as the highest, probably even above Jakob Nielsen's books. If you are having problems in your company or organization to get your web site right, or are having endless discussions and debates on "how it should be", "what people like" etc. - then buy a couple of copies and circulate through your organization. It's a highly effective, readable and short "bible" that ANYONE involved with web design/implementation/strategy MUST read.
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Summary: Fabulous!
Review: This is the absolute best book on website usage.
The book was easy to read, very descript and informative. Covered all basics and didn't go into theory or take sides. I am not going into a very descript review, to sum it up this is a must have book. You will enjoy it as well as keep if for reference.
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Summary: A Fun and Informative Read
Review: The title says it all. The typical web surfer will not give your website the benefit of the doubt; they want to get in and get out quickly while being informed at the same time. Too many web designers/programmers fail to give usability the importance it deserves. This book is a good introduction to making site more customer-friendly, and it's written in a very approachable format. There are plenty of illustrations and screen shots to help demonstrate points made throughout the book. Steve Krug has brought a little fun into the usability realm.
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Summary: Great resource for web usability
Review: This book really needs to be read cover to cover to understand its full meaning and to get a good understanding of Web usability. It helps you understand what testing methods need to be taken, what's good, what bad, and what to think about when designing navigation for a web site. I've been developing web sites since 1995, and it opened my eyes to a new way of thinking about things!
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Summary: A delightful and very usable book . . .
Review: The only website design I've done is for two sites of my own (one small-business, one for hobbies and such), plus family-photo-type sites for a couple for family members. (The fact that I learned to do this stuff in late middle age seems to astonish people, especially those much younger than me.) But I'm a heavy web-surfer and I'm always interested in design issues generally. Krug has a knack for pointing out things that seem obvious in retrospect, and the wit to keep your attention even while you're making mental notes. He takes you through the process of figuring out what people want in a website -- and then discovering what they *really* want -- but he doesn't take sides in religious arguments (pull-downs, Flash, top vs. side navigation bars). Rather, he describes to look at the possibilities and discover what works best when. The book itself is also very "usable" -- short enough to read on a plane trip, filled with real world examples, amusingly but helpfully illustrated. And I already have a list of changes I plan to make to my own little covey of websites.
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Summary: Great Message, Krug Practices what he preaches
Review: This is a great book. People should be tested over this book before being allowed to use web editing software. The one-liners really sink in and reinforce the basic ideas of usability. As Krug says, "This isn't Rocket Surgery".
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Summary: A must-read for any developer, newbie or veteran
Review: I have been developing websites professionally for four years now, and have thumbed through quite a collection of references on usability and "good design". None of them come close to matching Mr. Krug's message of a simple common sense approach. It's easy for us to get too close to our work and lose sight of the fact that 85% of the site's visitors will be brand new to it, and will leave as quickly as they arrived if they cannot find what they want right away. Mr. Krug does a fantastic job at providing examples and melds that with his extensive experience in the field of usability and mixes in a healthy dose of wit to make it go down nice and smoothly. It reads pretty quickly and to-the-point, which is very important for those of us who want to get back to work and apply this newfound knowledge. Brevity seems to be all too uncommon in technical books, and yet that is where it is most appreciated! So yes, much of what he writes may be common-sensical in retrospect, but at the same time it is highly relevant, as we all tend to forget what it was like to be a 'net newbie from time to time, and it is nice to be reminded.
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Summary: An Essential Resource
Review: If you are designing for the Web, you must read this book. It's very easy to read, you will refer to it again and again, and you will save many hours of work.
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Summary: You're a pro, now act like one!
Review: If you're thinking of purchasing this book, your likely a seasoned veteran in web design. However, it is also likely that you're going to learn some new tricks and make the world (wide-web) a better place in the meantime. I highly recommend this book because you're not as good as you think you are. I read this book in a few days, cover-to-cover. It's a quick read because it's not full o' fluff. Save the rest of us and read this, quick!
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