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Summary: Funny _and_ useful
Comment: If you're interested in learning how to design a website, start with Jennifer Niederst's books (_Learning Web Design_ and then _Web Design in a Nutshell_). But if you know basic web design and you're interested in making an existing (or planned) website more usable, this is the first book you want.For one thing, Steve Krug is funny. No kidding; you'll squirt coffee out of your nose on every page, at least if you're foolish enough not to put the cup down after page one. For another, his usability principles are very straightforward, easily understood and remembered, and well illustrated by copious examples. Although this book will be most useful to people who actually design websites, it _could_ be read by pretty much anybody (including -- hint, hint -- the _bosses_ of people who actually design websites). He's somewhat at odds with Jakob Nielsen on the question of usability testing, but that's okay. In the first place, such disagreement is healthy in a field where, really, nobody _knows_ anything with full certitude (even when people _say_ they do); and in the second place, Krug is telling us how to do usability testing on a shoestring, within real-world economic constraints. So I say: get Nielsen's _Designing Web Usability_ too, but get this one first. Krug's book is well done all around. And if your boss happened to see it sitting on your desk, maybe even borrow it, the world of the Web might become just a wee bit more civilized.
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Summary: He know what I think!
Comment: The author has state out some of the behaviors that I have.How we really use the web
#1: We don't read pages. We scan them
We're usually in a hurry
We know we don't need to read everything
We're good at it
#2: We don't make optimal choices. We satisfice
Guessing is more fun
#3: We don't figure out how things work. We muddle through.
If we find something that works, we stick to it.
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Summary: It'll make you think!
Comment: A very straight-forward book on web usability. Anyone designing web sites will find thought provoking ideas that will help improve their sites. Krug's writing style is relaxed and he doesn't take himself too seriously which is a refreshing change in this crowded subject area.
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Summary: The best book on web usabillity
Comment: Before I bought this book I had bought Jakob Nielsen's book Designing Web Usabillity and thought that it was an awesome book on web usabillity. Then I got Don't Make Me Think and was blown away.
Where Nielsen is often fairly right in his observations he's a bit pretentious in his outlook. Krug is far from that is his book. He offers his insights on the subject in an extremely personable, engaging way. (I read the entire book in one sitting) The writing is succinct and to the point but doesn't read like a text book. He offers you his insights in the context of real world observations which enable you to comprehend the subject all the more easily. If you're looking for a book that will give you a crash course on how to think like a web usabillity expert look no further. If you have a project your working on and are considering usabillity and design issue like I was, I think you will be completely satisfied with the information contained in this book.
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Summary: The one book to have if you're having only one
Comment: I have a half dozen Web usability books on my desk. Steve Krug's book replaces them all. This sweet, sweet volume could be the most efficient how-to book I've ever read: every sentence teaches you something worth knowing. And it's bend over and blow snot out of your nose funny. The book is short, on purpose. So I'll keep my review short, too. Ignore those reviewers who say Krug's book isn't for experts; they're just bragging. If you care about getting the Web right every time, this book is definitely for you.
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