Don't Make Me Think!: A Common Sense Approach to Web UsabilityFive years and more than 100,000 copies after it was first published, it's hard to imagine anyone working in Web design who hasn't read Steve Krug's "instant classic" on Web usability, but people are still discovering it every day. In this second edition, Steve adds three new chapters in the same style as the original: wry and entertaining, yet loaded with insights and practical advice for novice and veteran alike. Don't be surprised if it completely changes the way you think about Web design. Three New Chapters!
"I thought usability was the enemy of design until I read the first edition of this book. Don't Make Me Think! showed me how to put myself in the position of the person who uses my site. After reading it over a couple of hours and putting its ideas to work for the past five years, I can say it has done more to improve my abilities as a Web designer than any other book. In this second edition, Steve Krug adds essential ammunition for those whose bosses, clients, stakeholders, and marketing managers insist on doing the wrong thing. If you design, write, program, own, or manage Web sites, you must read this book." -- Jeffrey Zeldman, author of Designing with Web Standards |
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... search box at drkoop.com ( C. Everett Koop's health site ) . SEARCH drkoop.com ▷ Every time I use it , it makes me think , because the button that executes the search just doesn't look like a button - in spite of the fact that it has ...
... search box at drkoop.com ( C. Everett Koop's health site ) . SEARCH drkoop.com ▷ Every time I use it , it makes me think , because the button that executes the search just doesn't look like a button - in spite of the fact that it has ...
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... search box or a link to a search page . And unless there's very little reason to search your site , it should be a search box . Keep in mind that for a large percentage of users their first official act when they reach a new site will ...
... search box or a link to a search page . And unless there's very little reason to search your site , it should be a search box . Keep in mind that for a large percentage of users their first official act when they reach a new site will ...
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... searching for ( search by title or by author , for instance , or search by part number or by product name ) . I seldom see a case where the potential payoff for adding options to the persistent search box is worth the cost of making me ...
... searching for ( search by title or by author , for instance , or search by part number or by product name ) . I seldom see a case where the potential payoff for adding options to the persistent search box is worth the cost of making me ...
Contents
How we really use the Web | 20 |
Animal vegetable or mineral? | 40 |
The first step in recovery is admitting that | 94 |
Copyright | |
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