Don't make me think! : a common sense approach to Web usability /
Yesterday's Web looked far different from today's Web, and tomorrow's Web will look more different still. Amidst all of this change, however, one aspect of Web use remains the same: The sites that offer the best, easiest, most intuitive experience are the ones people visit again and a...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley, Calif :
New Riders Pub.,
[2006]
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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| Online Access: | Table of contents only |
Table of Contents:
- Preface : about the second edition
- Foreword / Roger Black
- Introduction : read me first : throat clearing and disclaimers
- Don't make me think! : Krug's first law of usability
- How we really use the Web : scanning, satisficing, and muddling through
- Billboard design 101 : designing pages for scanning, not reading
- Animal, vegetable, or mineral? : why users like mindless choices
- Omit needless words : the art of not writing for the Web
- Street signs and breadcrumbs : designing navigation
- The first step in recovery is admitting that the home page is beyond your control : designing the home page
- "The farmer and the cowman should be friends" : why most Web design team arguments about usability are a waste of time, and how to avoid them
- Usability testing on 10 cents a day : why user testing--done simply enough--is the cure for all your site's ills
- Usability as common courtesy : why your Web site should be a mensch
- Accessibility, cascading style sheets, and you : just when you think you're done, a cat floats by with buttered toast strapped to its back
- Help! My boss wants me to
- -- : when bad design decisions happen to good people
- Recommended reading
- Acknowledgments
- Index.