Dont Make Me Think, Revisited

Posted on 05 October 2017 by Steve Krug

Since Don t Make Me Think was first published in 2000, over 400,000 Web designers and developers have relied on Steve Krug s guide to help them understand the principles of intuitive navigation and information design.In this 3rd edition, Steve returns with fresh perspective to reexamine the principles that made Don t Make Me Think a classic with updated examples and a new chapter on mobile usability And it s still short, profusely illustrated and best of all fun to read.If you ve read it before, you ll rediscover what made Don t Make Me Think so essential to Web designers and developers around the world If you ve never read it, you ll see why so many people have said it should be required reading for anyone working on Web sites. Best Download [ Dont Make Me Think, Revisited ] by [ Steve Krug ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Well, this is an absolute gem of a book I picked this up the day after finishing Beautiful Code and to be honest, really wasn t in the mood for anyparticularly heavy content for a few days.But Steve Krug makes the topic of web usability genuinely entertaing He holds a light writing style with a touch of wit that helps to keep your attention from cover to cover Add to that the short size of the book at only a couple of hundred pages, and the vibrant but clear layout and you ve got a book Well, this is an absolute gem of a book I picked this up the day after finishing Beautiful Code and to be honest, really wasn t in the mood for anyparticularly heavy content for a few days.But Steve Krug makes the topic of web usability genuinely entertaing He holds a light writing style with a touch of wit that helps to keep your attention from cover to cover Add to that the short size of the book at only a couple of hundred pages, and the vibrant but clear layout and you ve got a book that s in itself extremely usable and accessible.When it comes to the content itself, it couldn t be explained clearer Steve s chapters are logical and concise, you won t find any waffle in here that doesn t help to communicate the message of the chapter He uses a adequate number of examples to illustrate his points, and even helps to demonstrate how various stakeholders in web projects can all contribute to the usability of the site.For m...A classic book about web design Everyone should read it A few notes.I read this handbook on Web usability for work related reasons It was originally published in the early 2000 s, shortly after Jakob Nielsen s Designing Web Usability Both Krug and Nielsen have since become along with Steve Jobs and Jony Ives, at Apple the head honchos of Web Design.This short and highly readable book covers topics such as how people really use websites they don t actually read, they like to scan a...MUST READ for anyone with any say over the look feel of a commercial web page designers, managers, marketing people, executives, etc It s a quick and easy read and is like having my own web usability consultant Goodreads and LOTS of other sites should have their managment teams read this.I was predisposed in favor of this book because it s the most voted for on the UX Stack Exchange It wasn t all I d hoped it would be If this were the first text about usability I d read, I might have gottenout of it As it was, the overwhelming majority of the topics presented seemed patently obvious to me.One thing this book ha...This book is what it states a common sense approach to web usability.The book lays bare the facts, that 1 Users do not read the text in a web page.2 Users muddle through a web page, no matter how well thought out the layout, and menus are.And as a designer, your task is to take these two facts into account when designing your website.The author, Steve Krug, is very perceptive While this is evident throughout the book, what did it for me was the footnote about the Site ID being on the top This book is what it states a common sense approach to web usability.The book lays bare the facts, that 1 Users do not read the text in a web page.2 Users muddle through a web page, no matter how well thought out the layout, and menus are.And as a designer, your task is to take these two facts into account when designing your website.The author, Steve Krug, is very perceptive While this is evident throughout the book, what did it for me was the footnote about the Site ID being on the top right corner in web pages with right to left languages, and his comment about inconsistent navigation options in many sites once you are two or three pages deep The first one is a nice call out, the second I ve been burnt by it so many times The section that talks about how to resolve design people problems, when members of different teams prefer one design over anothe...An excellent introduction to creating usable websites As the title states, every website s design and functionality should be so simple that people barely need to think to use it The book s 2nd edition is from 2005, so some examples are dated, but the concepts are quite relevant This was a fun read due to its straightforward style and Krug s humor.When I started looking for web design books, Steve Krug s classic on web usability frequently appeared at the top of most lists, along with Designi An excellent introduction to creating usable websites As the title states, every website s design and functionality should be so simple that people barely need to think to use it The book s 2nd edition is from 2005, so some examples are dated, but the concepts are quite relevant This was a fun read due to its straightforward style and Krug s humor.When I started looking for web design books, Steve Krug s classic on web usability frequently appeared at the top of most lists, along with Designing with Web Standards by Jeffrey Zeldman see my review I highly recommend both books.Steve Krug s Laws of UsabilityFirst Law Don t make me think Make things obvious and self evident, or at least self explanatory People scan they don t read People choose the first reasonable option People muddle through things rather than figure them out.Second Law It doesn t matter how many times I have to click, as long as each click is a mindless, unambiguous choice Make choices mi...

English
05 October 2017

Steve Krug