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Summary: A must-read for anyone involved with site design!
Comment: Creating Web sites that truly meet the needs and expectations of a wide range of online users is the core question and main topic of the book. It is not a book on how to program in HTML. The book is packed with annotated examples of actual Web sites, and discussions of Web usability regarding page, content, site, and intranet design. The book skillfully clarifies for the reader the many subtle challenges that are often mixed together in other discussions. For example, the requirements of viewing pages on varying monitor sizes separately from writing concise text for scanability. The book includes survey results on sizes of screens, types of queries submitted to search portals, response times by connection type. It goes into detail of cross-platform design, response time considerations, and writing for the Web, multimedia implementation, navigation strategies, search boxes, corporate intranet design, and accessibility for disabled users, international considerations, and future predictions. If you follow the books instructions carefully you will be rewarded with faster Web projects and satisfied Web customers. A must-read for anyone involved with site design! FinancialNeeds.com
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Summary: Well, It is Good Guildeline but a bit out of date
Comment: I admire that Jakob Nielsen point out that a lot of graphic take longer time to download. It did help us as a webmaster to try to reduce / optimize the graphic size.However, the recent website trend is always moving toward nice-looking design. We must balance the use of graphic and text and not only try to reduce the graphic element. Last point, I still seriously think that a clear website architecture and easy navigation is the main ingredient of a good website. That is why I give this book 4 star
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Summary: Excellent handbook for those without common sense...
Comment: I found this book to be very enlightening due to the fact that Nielsen has been around for quite some time. I did agree with some of his remarks, since most of what he said was common sense, but some I disagreed with. One of the things I disagree with is the fact that people dislike scrolling. I think he developed this mentality prior to the release of the mouse "wheel". I think that most people these days don't really mind scrolling if they have a wheel on their mouse. However, I must agree that it is quite a pain to be without one. Overall, I feel that this book is meant for those people going into Web "Site" Design, and not Web "Page" Design. It is also meant for those who are designing a website with a target audience of 100+ people. If you're making a general information web page, this isn't meant for you. If you are putting together an "information intensive" website, then you should read this book. It addresses many issues dealing with layout (Don't and Do's) and a lot of other things that people tend to overlook.
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Summary: The web is not just science...
Comment: I am astounded by the absolute arrogance that Mr. Nielsen displays throughout his book. He is approaching web design not only from a purely scientific point of view, but a science that he seems to determined to bend to suit his purposes; that is not science. He offers many good points that are, however, common sense to a skilled designer working in this field that do not require you to read this book. In the bibliography section he lists more of his own work as if he is the only person worth his salt, when in fact there are many good reference pieces to read. The fact of the matter is everyone uses the web in a different way; whether you are hosting a site or surfing through one. The broad gereralizations that Mr. Nielsen makes are at best inaccurate and at worst misleading. The examples of the work he has done, within the book, contradict his own thesis and I would not recommend this book as a serious reference that you will refer to time and again.
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Summary: Highly influential
Comment: Love him or loath him, ol' Jokob is the man. I happen to love it (but then I give my love all too easily).
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