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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 005
EAN: 9780321392350
ISBN: 0321392353
Label: New Riders Press
Manufacturer: New Riders Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 368
Publication Date: 2006-09-16
Publisher: New Riders Press
Studio: New Riders Press
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Summary: Understand how to properly design a user friendly web site.
Comment: If you are responsible for designing or redesigning web sites, this will help your understanding of the process. If you are wanting a user friendly web site, this is a must read. This book does not cover the software used but the process to follow so that the software used will be able to produce a quality web site.
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Summary: Great Book for every day needs
Comment: This book is a great help for everyone who needs to improve documentation. It's on my desk and I recommend it 100%.
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Summary: Buyer beware - companion website does not have promised resources
Comment: Part of the value of this book is the promise that the author will provide templates and examples. This promise is worth zero. If you go to the companion website, there is a note from the author that says, essentially, "Ooops, so sorry. Got too busy." Just a tad unprofessional? I guess different people have different perspectives on such things.
Call me crazy, but one would think that the author would have had a whole stack of examples and templates BEFORE he wrote the book. How else would he know what documents are needed? Just a rhetorical question.....
The book itself is useful, don't get me wrong. I am just very disappointed in the lack of companion material. Other reviews very adequately cover the content.
In terms of practical help, AND downloadable templates, I vastly prefer Web ReDesign 2.0: Workflow that Works (2nd Edition) by Kelly Goto.
Kelly Goto's advice saved my tail when I was a newbie in the field (waaaaay back in the dark ages of the 20th century), and still has relevance for me today.
Web ReDesign 2.0: Workflow that Works (2nd Edition) (VOICES)
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Summary: Communicating Design
Comment: It is for my Information Design class. I haven't used it yet, but it arrived on time and in good condition..
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Summary: A Good Reference for WebSite Design
Comment: I'm using this text for my CIS 3900 Business Web Architecture course at Western Michigan University. THis text is geared more towards the designers perspective of wed site creation, more so then development. It's an easy to read text,not full of overly complicated jargon, and tends to be a fast read with lots of helpful diagrams. For anyone looking to explore the dynamics of creating a web site to meet the needs of your client, it certainly is a good source of information and topics to consider during the process.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Most discussion about Web design seems to focus on the creative process, yet turning concept into reality requires a strong set of deliverables?the documentation (concept model, site maps, usability reports, and more) that serves as the primary communication tool between designers and customers. Here at last is a guide devoted to just that topic. Combining quick tips for improving deliverables with in-depth discussions of presentation and risk mitigation techniques, author Dan Brown shows you how to make the documentation you're required to provide into the most efficient communications tool possible. He begins with an introductory section about deliverables and their place in the overall process, and then delves into to the different types of deliverables. From usability reports to project plans, content maps, flow charts, wireframes, site maps, and more, each chapter includes a contents checklist, presentation strategy, maintenance strategy, a description of the development process and the deliverable's impact on the project, and more.
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