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Summary: Web Design is Dead! - so read this book!
Comment: Memo to all "web designers/developers" - WEB DESIGN IS DEAD!
If you did not already know, all the interesting work left to do on Web sites (especially Intranets) is information design. I have been a web designer/tech muppet for over six years now and I have been trying to figure out which direction to head with my career. Do I want to try and program, do I want to learn Flash, do I want to learn SQL... how about none of the above please! It has taken me awhile to figure it out, but usability and information architecture are the next logical steps in my career path (I mean really, how many of you designers want to remain in "production" for the rest of your careers?!).
Well, this book was a great jump start for the new direction I am headed, which is usability and information architecture. Steve puts together a real nice and neat short book to help get you headed in the right direction (only took a couple hours to complete). I really enjoyed the book, and no... it does not matter that he wrote it 5 years ago because many items on the web have not really changed that much since. Do not believe any of the negative comments toward this book, only newbies/rookies would not see the value of this book. I highly recommend it and I am now starting up Information Architecture by Louis Rosenfeld. If you are interested in watching a short presentation by the two of them when they reviewed the Library of Congress web site, check out http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/lectures/sklr.html
Great Job Steve!
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Summary: Fantastic Book
Comment: I have a couple webdesign-related books here at work, and this is the only one I come back to from time to time. It's very well designed and laid out, has plenty of illustrations and humorous cartoons, and just like the title says, you can breeze through this thing and soak it up without really even trying.
This book isn't a nuts-n-bolts kind of thing, with code illustrations or or tooltips or any of that low-level stuff. No CSS, HTML, scripting, architecture tips are in this book.
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Summary: Finally, real common sense.
Comment: This is the web designer's slap on the back of the head. We all design for what we think is logical for our clients, but rarely do we pause long enough to ask what is logical for our client's customers. Steve has trulyy hit the nail on the head with this book.
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Summary: Before doing anything online, read this book
Comment: This book gives anyone all the basics you need to now before going online or changing a website. As a professional in usability, I would recommend this book especially to webdesigners, webmasters, programmers and whoever is involved in a website but has not any formal knowledge about usability.
A must have.
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Summary: I have never laughed so hard...
Comment: when reading a technical book. You will find yourself busting out with "that's so true it's hilarious" laughter fits. It is truly amazing to me how we can be such "designer's and engineers" when building our own websites, but such "end users" when using other's websites. I have always had the "Don't make me think" frustration underlying many website (and software for that matter) experiences and frequently my website feedback and reviews would reflect this sentiment.
This book will prove itself to you because Steve causes you to draw on your own experiences as a web user to understand what your users want from your site.
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