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Summary: Excellent overview of subject
Comment: This book provides a concise overview of the subject of usability on the web. It is short enough to be read in your spare time (it took me less than a week), but it covers the salient points well. What it leaves out are the statistics and detailed scientific justifications for its "rules". As a web developer, I am most interested in "what to do", and as the book states, I already believe that usability is important. By keeping the book at a digestible size, Krug enabled me to read it cover-to-cover rather than just skimming chapters that seemed interesting or relevant. It also provided a good list of references for more in-depth coverage of individual areas.Overall, the book provides a well-written overview of the subject of usability. It is well worth the cost, and I would recommend it to anyone who would like to improve the usability of their web site without hiring a team of consultants.
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Summary: A very pleasant and illustrative view on important concepts
Comment: Krug has successfully compiled into one book, the relevant and important issues you need to take into consideration when developing a Web site. This book is specially useful if you are compiling guidelines and practices for your own use, as it provides a broad and interesting take on some over-discussed issues.If you are looking for a book about usability testing, this is not it. This information is rather introductory in this level so, if you already have some experience and familiarity with the subject, go for more powerful approaches with authors like Jakob Nielsen or Jared Spool. I highly recommend the book if you are new to the area and looking for the basic information to get started.
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Summary: Great Book for the begining and independent Web developer
Comment: One of the tings i really enjoyed about this book is its brevity and to-the-point attitude. It's not Nielsen, nor does it attempt to be. It clearly states at the beginning what it is. While a lot of it is not earth-shatteringly new, none of it is stupid or wrong. There are many, many good tips for beginners and a lot of good reminders for folks who have been doing this sort of thing for a couple years. I think it's a great book to introduce some of the real basics of usability in a digestable form (I personally have a copy of Nielsen by my bedside to put me to sleep it's so boring). Not a book for the seasoned "Information Architect", and I'm surprised that any of them have bought it, what did they think they were getting into? It's a book for the independent designer who doesn't have the benefit of working with an IA. They can use this book and apply there talent in useful effective ways.
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Summary: This book opened my eyes to the way we really use the web
Comment: If there is only one book that you ever read on Web site design, this should be it. This book completely changed the way I think about web site usage. Previously I made the assumption that people might actually read something in print on a web site. But the authors gave me the insight into how it really is. Web pages have to be visually obvious.The guidelines that the book gave me inspired me to do a compete redesign around the principles in the book. I have read about 4 website design books but this was the only book that gave the overall feel about how people use websites and how to design them so that user can be productive without having to think, read or figure things out, because they won't.
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Summary: Brief, yet somewhat light content
Comment: Steve knows how to be brief. One of his points is something like "Remove 50% of the words." (I've borrowed the book now so I can't verify). But on some cases his briefness makes this book look like it lacks some content, especially compared to Jakob Nielsen's books.
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