This book, recommended to me by a web designer,is absolutely terrific. It's clearly written and covers everything I need to know. Most importantly, Steve really shares his expertise with complete generosity.

Whether you're designing a site, or will use a professional designer, this book is a must-read!

Steve Krug couldn't have done a better job titling his book "Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability." It's filled with common sense approaches that help website developers, writers, designers, and architects create sites that decrease cognitive load and telegraph ideas quicker.

He practices what he preaches: the graphics, layout and copy are brilliantly executed. Complex ideas are made simple with clear charts and graphs. Technical terms are written clearly so non-technical people will easily understand. And this excellent book is one of those rare quick reads with substance.

After reading this book, check out Jakob Nielsen's "Designing Web Usability." The two books combined will give you a great foundational understanding of web usability.

Despite the many useful tips in the book (sometimes very obvious, but you need to hear them from someone to believe it), I think the design of the book (color print on almost every page) probably makes it too expensive and the actual content could probably have been compressed into 15 pages or so as well.

Anyways, a good read for most so-called "web-designers".