Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition | Steve Krug

Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition | Steve Krug | Buy this, then get busy testing your site!

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Don't Make Me Thin...

	Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition Steve Krug New Riders Press, 2005 - 216 pages average customer review:based on 451 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Don't Make Me Think - Made Me Think

Great book that appears simple but really is a great foundation of web principles that you can always go back and refer to. It's a pretty quick read and is actually fun to go through if you're in this line of work.

Buy this, then get busy testing your site!

I can think of very few sites that couldn't be improved by applying the principles in this book. It does what "Web Sites That Suck" attempts to do, but instead of giving examples of horrible web sites that are most likely beyond fixing, it uses examples of pretty decent sites that just need a little help. I assume the vast majority of sites fall into the latter category, which is why this book is so useful.

The chapter on do-it-yourself usability testing is a real gem -- worth the price of the whole book and then some.

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Some things are only obvious after they're pointed out...

This book compels you to think about how people use websites. I tend to think in terms of visual appeal instead of funneling visitors towards a conversion. The author gives a lot of common sense ideas to use in compelling your visitors towards the actions you'd like them to perform. It's a good intro & I would recommend following up by reading Tim Ashs' "Landing Page Optimization" for more in depth material on this subject.

it didn't make me think...

The book is easy to read, has a lot of screen shots for illustration and writes about the most important usability issues.

Great content. Bad book

Well.. The book is awesome. Some stuff (which i didn't care too much until now) was new to me, some other stuff wasn't too strange for me. From this point of view, the book have 10 stars from me.

Unfortunately, some pages of the books just fly out from the book (unglued) which made a very VERY bad impression to me. And yes, i take care of all of my books and how do i read them ;) From this point of view, the book have 1star (even though, is too much :P )

Anyhow, if you want to learn some new stuff about usability and usability testing, go ahead and buy this book. It's great if you concern about this aspect of your sites. Is not too long so you can read on a long LONG road (like i did).

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