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Summary: This is the bible
Comment: You may not follow all of Jacob Neilson's guidelines, but you can't start any website construction or redesign project without reading this book.
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Pretty good
Comment: This was one of the first usability books I bought. It was great, and I couldn't believe someone wrote all of these ideas down. It _is_ a good book. It is well written, and he does a good job of illustrating his examples.
However, for as much usability testing that Jakob must do, he provides little data to back it up. Perhaps hard data was not a requirement for web usability books written in 1999/2000, but it will have a more difficult time standing up to books written more recently.
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Summary: Middling writer, lousy prophet
Comment: For a book written in 1999, it's already an achievement that's it's not completely useless, but still it's a bit outdated. Most of its prophecies are wrong (email tokens, anyone? Browsers will be out of date?), and its advice is only good if, first, you believe in it, and second, if you have to manage a site the size of Microsoft.
Even so, part of the book is rather useless. Intranet design does not say anytthing new, desining for disabilities misses many standards, and the part on writing for a global audience seems to be written for the kind of user usable web sites are addressed to, that is, not very bright, I guess. That makes half the book probably very usable, but not very useful.
At the end of the day, if you look for advice for improving the design of your SOHO site, or your blog, you'll find next to nothing in this book.
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Summary: Classic Reference, but a bit outdated
Comment: This book is a must for every web developer, although I think it's time for a newer version, as some of the examples and theories are based on pre-2000 studies.Overall you can expect a great insight on correct web-design, colors matching, liquid pages, use of navigation and quick respond to user needs.
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Summary: Excellent book and easy to use and understand!
Comment: Another excellent source of information from the INTERNET guru of them all! This book is a definite MUST HAVE for any website designer, newbie to web design and anyone and everyone who has an online business. Simple, easy to understand visuals compliment the text, which is written in a very simplistic manner. This book is wonderful - magnificent - excellent, and will help you greatly understand the elements of successful web design. I've used it to consistently update my own website, at:http://www.aei.dli.com
If you don't have this book, you're missing out on your single-most-important investment in your professional life!
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