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Summary: Good, solid fundamentals
Review: A must read for anyone interested in getting the most pull for his Web content. He explains the do's and don'ts very well enabling you to avoid the pitfalls. But as the broad band technologies become more of a reality, his notion that favors using minimal graphics and multimedia in favor of text may become a thing of the past. He has a great site that outlines the points in the book - but buy the book if you can afford it.
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Summary: A complete set of useful checkpoints
Review: If you are looking for the latest technologies or some special tricks to make a COOL Web page, this definitely is not a book for you. But for the Web designers, pros or amateurs, who need to create a no-nonsense web site, this book is a must-buy.Not all the contents are necessarily revolutionary and similar articles could be found here and there on the Web. However, backed with usability test results and examples of actual Web pages, the topics effectively laid out in this book are very understandable, convincing and kind of fun to read on, even for a non-English speaker like me. This book is especially helpful if you do not even know which parts of your Web site need to be (and can be) improved. In fact, this book has helped me realize the errors I made - mostly for my ill-founded prejudice or even self-satisfaction - in my past Web designs. Of course, it is all up to you whether to follow the rules of this book, but it will not be a bad thing to see what the rules are in the first place before deciding which way to go. Should make a breakthrough if published in Japanese.
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Summary: Design Director appreciates simplicity by example
Review: How does one use a static medium (print) to describe dynamic concepts (interactive information)? Jakob Nielsen pulls it off in his best-designed book yet. The information design and clarity of organization are very apparent in this volume. Some of the concepts weigh on the elementary side, but this is a good all-around reference manual for anyone designing information for the internet.
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Summary: A fantasic non-techie look at how great websites shoud look
Review: One of the of most valuable guides to web design available. Actually, I would go further and call this the most valuable design book I know of. Following just a handful of the dozens and dozens of proven approaches in this book will get more people to use your site, get people to stay at your site longer, and get people to come back to your site more often. This book offers an unbeatable return on your investment.
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Summary: An excellent starting point!
Review: This work is largely common sense, which means you should already know it. But honestly, most common sense only comes after making mistakes. This book can prevent you from making many of those mistakes. As a programmer, this book was helpful for me in making the transition to the web. Mr. Nielsen's book is lucid. It is well thought-out. He has studies to back up his conclusions. Even though you shouldn't treat it as gospel, you would do well to consider his reasoning before making your design decisions.
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Summary: Function + appearance = e-commerce success
Review: As a programmer, I have a difficult time recognizing any limitations on what web functionality that I can code. However, I will push people aside to be the first in line to admit my inherent weaknesses in making it esthetically correct. According to some sources, that is a common problem in web design. This book is not about the coding, but is an extensive treatment of how to improve the user experience. In that sense, all web developers should read it.
Web users have a level of impatience that will put a cranky two year old child in second place. Even what may appear to be relatively minor adjustments can and does lead to a higher rate of users returning to the site, which is the true currency of success in the e-commerce environment. The author uses an extensive number of figures to explain the rights and wrongs of page design. While some of the problems would require an extensive reworking of the site design, many are near the area of tweaks that could be done rather quickly.
Generally, in the area of aesthetics, there is a great deal of room for interpretation, but it is hard to argue with the points that the author makes. If there is a negative side to what is done, it is that many points are repeated. A judicious elimination of 20-40 pages would not have sacrificed a great deal of quality. However, in his defense, these are points that tend to be ignored, so pounding it in may be necessary.
I came away from reading this book with an enhanced understanding of the need for cleaner and smoother user interfaces in my design. In the future, I will incorporate some of the examples into my teaching of web development.
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Summary: Over Priced and Overly Cautious
Review: A good, solid, GUIDEBOOK for anyone who is just starting out in wed design, but certainly not gospel. Seasoned professionals will appreciate it for what its worth: an enlighten collection of tips and opinions on the subject of web usability. It would have been nice if the book was more advice and here are your options/possible consequences, and less absolutism. I've been a fan of Nielsen's alert box for years and was excited at the prospect of this book. True it is nicely illustrated and full of good tips to keep in mind, but in general the Nielsen's advice is overly cautious times and down right extremist at others. Tighter editing would have cut back on the exhausting over analysis of some points as well as corrected the numerous other gramatical and typographical errors.
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Summary: WOW, what a great web design book!
Review: Wow, this book does it all. It tells you what to do and what not to do when designing a web site. Get this book if you are having trouble designing the layout of web sites and the usability of web sites. The book is easy to read and keeps you turning the pages for more. This book is well worth your hard earn money.
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Summary: I get it. I get it ... stop hitting me over the head!
Review: Great book on keeping your site clean and efficent. With countless tips on delievering a relevent site backed up by website reviews. The book itself is designed and laid out very well; it has a very nice feel and size to it. The problem I had with the book is after reading the first 100 pages or so I was hoping he would move on to a new topic. Much to my dismay 300 more pages of :this is not relevent ... less is more. Regardless the most through book on this topic.
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Summary: Nielsen Answers The Plight of the Disappointed Web Developer
Review: Let me start by saying, WOW! It is hard to imagine that one could go wrong with such a well researched book. As a developer, I have often wondered exactly what people like and dislike, and more importantly what confuses them. In this incredible tome, Nielsen has laid the groundwork for truly USEABLE and MEANINGFUL websites. Those of you looking for HTML tricks, and the latest JAVA SCRIPT's need to go elsewhere. This book is for those who want to know how to create successful sites that actually HELP customers achieve their goals online. The section on "How to write online" is especially interesting. This should be a must read for anyone remotely involved in web design processes... READ THIS BOOK, READ IT AGAIN, and PRACTICE WHAT IT PREACHES...the www will love you for IT... Well done Jakob!
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