Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability Paperback – Illustrated, 9 January 2014
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- ASIN : 0321965515
- Language : English
- Paperback : 216 pages
- ISBN-10 : 9780321965516
- ISBN-13 : 978-0321965516
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About the Author
Steve Krug (pronounced "kroog") is best known as the author of Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, now in its second edition with over 350,000 copies in print. Ten years later, he finally gathered enough energy to write another one: the usability testing handbook Rocket Surgery Made Easy: The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Finding and Fixing Usability Problems. The books were based on the 20+ years he's spent as a usability consultant for a wide variety of clients like Apple, Bloomberg.com, Lexus.com, NPR, the International Monetary Fund, and many others. His consulting firm, Advanced Common Sense ("just me and a few well-placed mirrors") is based in Chestnut Hill, MA. Steve currently spends most of his time teaching usability workshops, consulting, and watching old episodes of Law and Order.
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A Pratical Guide to Simplicity | Master User Experience and Interaction Design from the Developer’s Perspective | Discover a Design Method that Starts with Content, Not Pixels | Crafting Rich Experiences with Progressive Enhancement | A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability | |
Title | Simple and Usable Web, Mobile, and Interaction Design, Second Edition. | The Joy of UX. | Designing Connected Content. | Adaptive Web Design. | Don't Make Me Think, Revisited. |
Core Concept | Think about design from the user’s perspective; make things feel simple to use. | For modern developers, UX expertise is indispensable. Without outstanding user experience, your software will fail. | Content created just once can be structured and connected to appear all over the place and be reused and remixed. | Understanding progressive enhancement will enable you to visualize experience as a continuum and craft interfaces that are capable of reaching more users while simultaneously costing less money to develop. | Witty, commonsensical, and eminently practical, it’s one of the best-loved and most recommended books on Web design and usability. |
What You Will Learn | Simplicity is a discipline that can be learned. This book shows you how–with humor, powerful examples, quotes, and case studies. | "Dave has done an excellent job of explaining what developers need to know about UX, in a complete but compact, easy-to-absorb, and implementable form.” - Steve Krug, Author of 'Don't Make Me Think'. | An end-to-end process for building a structured content framework and how to plan and design interfaces for mobile, desktop, voice, and beyond. | How to build elegant, functional websites that work anywhere, won’t break, are accessible by anyone—on any device—and are designed to work well into the future. | The principles of intuitive navigation and information design. |
About the Author(s) | Giles Colborne helped create one of the world's first commercial websites. He is a former President of the UK Usability Professionals' Association and now sits on their Global Advisory Committee. | David S. Platt teaches Programming .NET at Harvard University Extension School and at companies all over the world. He was selected by Microsoft as one of their Software Legends. | Mike Atherton is a content strategist at Facebook and Carrie Hane is the founder of Tanzen, which provides content strategy consulting and training. | Aaron Gustrafson is group manager of the Web Standards Project (WaSP) and serves as an Invited Expert to the World Wide Web Consortium's Open Web Education Alliance (OWEA). | Steve Krug is a highly respected usability consultant who has worked quietly for years for companies like Apple, Netscape, AOL, BarnesandNoble, Excite@Home, and Circle. 'Don't Make Me Think!' is the product of more than 10 years experience as a user advocate. |
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This book has been a classic since the first edition came out. It has been nicely updated and still reads well with relevant lessons for all who have any involvement with Web Usability.
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Will
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Recommend for beginners
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 July 2018Verified Purchase
Either my lecturers were really great at teaching mostly everything that this book already does or there isn't much to be learnt here if you already have a basic understanding of the web and UX. That said, there were a few interesting points made in the book so I enjoyed it somewhat and did find it to be of use, but a lot of it really is just common sense. Some example graphics seem a little dated and thus not truly relevant to 2018.
A great buy though if you're a total beginner to this area and want to get clued up fast. Pretty concise and to-the-point stuff that's easy to digest.
A great buy though if you're a total beginner to this area and want to get clued up fast. Pretty concise and to-the-point stuff that's easy to digest.
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B. Eaton
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Stating the obvious in a useful way
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 August 2017Verified Purchase
Even the author says that this book just states the bleedin' obvious and he's not wrong. But it articulates it well and prescribes practical ideas for what to do with that 'obvious'.
If you produce any content or design that is seen by other people then you should read this book. Even if you're already doing half of what it suggests, there will still be something in it of value.
I can't believe I took so long to buy it!
If you produce any content or design that is seen by other people then you should read this book. Even if you're already doing half of what it suggests, there will still be something in it of value.
I can't believe I took so long to buy it!
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Manuela Brundl
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serif font, no style not user-friendly
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 February 2020Verified Purchase
Some good points alot of things are logical thought and should not have to be mentioned. The biggest issue I have with the book is it's appearance, for a designer who likes books to be visually pleasing I do not like it. Reading serif font with the amount of text it has is difficult it puts me off completely. I prefer to read 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People
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adrian r
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A must read if you design anything for the Internet.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 November 2019Verified Purchase
A dear friend recommended I read this. Well, actually, they insisted I read this. It made me completely rethink the way I approach anything to do with the Internet. It's such a good easy and fast read packed with information.

Ian Hunneybell
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Easy to digest, well written, many useful points
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 April 2018Verified Purchase
My second copy of this excellent book. Quality paper and construction, contains many visuals to goneith the well-crafted words. Easy to read, numerous sensible suggestions and food for thought. Despite new section on mobile devices, it has a bit of a dated feel about it, examples are looking a bit old even if the lessons are still valid today.
This, and his other book - Rocket Surgery Made Easy - are valuable references for anyone interested in user interfaces and what makes a good one.
This, and his other book - Rocket Surgery Made Easy - are valuable references for anyone interested in user interfaces and what makes a good one.