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Summary: Get This & Help Repair The Web
Comment: This book helped me tremendously in design. I can see where I was wrong, being bells & whistle man. Useability, simplicity, bring forth the content the surfer seeks. That is the purpose of the web. This book shows to methods to make your site just that, useable. That makes the surfer return. I'm anxious for the promised second part.Great investment for the serious designer. Written in plain English.
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Summary: Nielsen speaks for those who use the Web
Comment: As a Web site designer, I rely on Jakob Nielsen as the voice of my conscience. While I attempt to push the aesthetic qualities of my work, Nielsen's voice (or at least what I imagine his voice to be) echoes in my ears, reminding me of the needs of those who will actually use the sites I design.Nielsen is a worthy advocate for Web users, and he communicates their needs and expectations well through his articulate and well-informed opinions. Sure, some of them seem like common sense; look around on the Web, though, and you'll find that common sense isn't always that common. So, do I always obey my conscience? Well, ah... no. But I feel that my Web problem-solving skills have been improved substantially by knowing Nielsen's point of view. I may not always agree with his opinions, but I wouldn't dream of ignoring them.
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Summary: Great book!
Comment: This book does a great job summarizing all the learnings of Web design & usability over the years. You can dive into the details (pixel size suggestions for various elements) or you can skim and get a summary of key learnings. The pictures are the best part. Instead of telling you to check out a site, you can see it right there. That is of huge value.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great book!
Comment: This book does a great job summarizing all the learnings of Web design & usability over the years. You can dive into the details (pixel size suggestions for various elements) or you can skim and get a summary of key learnings. The pictures are the best part. Instead of telling you to check out a site, you can see it right there. That is of huge value.
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Summary: Excellent for Designing
Comment: I found about this book through Dr. Nielsen's web site. Afterreading through some of his columns and noting how sensible and goodhis advice is, I purchased it and cannot help but say that it is a great reference tool for web design.Essentially, it takes all the common wisdom that has been collected over the years and compiles into one book -- I especially appreciated the numerous screenshots and examples that Dr. Nielsen described and evaluated. An excellent book for web design, and it makes a great pair to Philip and Alex's Guide to Web Publishing by Philip Greenspun, an excellent book covering the backend of web design. END
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