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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Krug, Steve
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley, Calif : New Riders Pub., [2006]
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.