Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 006.7
EAN: 9780321344755
ISBN: 0321344758
Label: New Riders Press
Manufacturer: New Riders Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 216
Publication Date: 2005-08-28
Publisher: New Riders Press
Studio: New Riders Press

Five years and more than 100,000 copies after it was first published, it's hard to imagine anyone working in Web design who hasn't read Steve Krug's "instant classic" on Web usability, but people are still discovering it every day.  In this second edition, Steve adds three new chapters in the same style as the original: wry and entertaining, yet loaded with insights and practical advice for novice and veteran alike.  Don't be surprised if it completely changes the way you think about Web design.

Three New Chapters!

• Usability as common courtesy -- Why people really leave Web sites
• Web Accessibility, CSS, and you -- Making sites usable and accessible
• Help! My boss wants me to ______. -- Surviving executive design whims
  

"I thought usability was the enemy of design until I read the first edition of this book.  Don't Make Me Think! showed me how to put myself in the position of the person who uses my site.  After reading it over a couple of hours and putting its ideas to work for the past five years, I can say it has done more to improve my abilities as a Web designer than any other book.

In this second edition, Steve Krug adds essential ammunition for those whose bosses, clients, stakeholders, and marketing managers insist on doing the wrong thing.  If you design, write, program, own, or manage Web sites, you must read this book."  -- Jeffrey Zeldman, author of Designing with Web Standards

Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Book Delivered Quickly in Perfect Condition
Comment: Nice book with obvious but often overlooked or forgotten details about how to design nice web pages and sites that make sense and are easy to navigate and understand.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Don't Make Me Think!
Comment: This is a great book - clearly written, easy reading, good examples, good references to other books/websites/sources. I highly recommend it to anyone designing websites, and parts of it to anyone who is hiring someone else to design or redesign their site. By using the methods described in this book and looking at other sites the person has done, you will better assess the quality of the person you are interviewing for the work.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Great book - a must read
Comment: Being new to the web world, this book is a God-send. It's practical, straight-forward, easy to read and humorous. It's a great introduction to website usability for those who design, creative direct or do copywriting for websites.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Good, but the last part made me think
Comment: Very useful information, but like many books bogs down a little on the back end. Other than that, the book practices what it preaches. I've given my copy to our web design team and plan to see it passed around.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Great
Comment: Came in the same condition it said it would be in: new. It arrived on time and I didn't have to worry that it wasn't coming. Great service!

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