Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability

by Steve Krug

Overview

Since Don’t Make Me Think was first published in 2000, hundreds of thousands of Web designers and developers have relied on usability guru Steve Krug’s guide to help them understand the principles of intuitive navigation and information design. Witty, commonsensical, and eminently practical, it’s one of the best-loved and most recommended books on the subject.

Now 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.


“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.”
–Jeffrey Zeldman, author of Designing with Web Standards

 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780133597264
Publisher:	Pearson Education
Publication date:	12/23/2013
Series:	Voices That Matter
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	216
Sales rank:	333,994
File size:	32 MB
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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.

Table of Contents

• Chapter 1. Don’t make me think!
• Chapter 2. How we really use the Web
• Chapter 3. Billboard Design 101
• Chapter 4. Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral?
• Chapter 5. Omit needless words
• Chapter 6. Street signs and Breadcrumbs
• Chapter 7. The Big Bang Theory of Web Design
• Chapter 8. “The Farmer and the Cowman Should Be Friends”
• Chapter 9. Usability testing on 10 cents a day
• Chapter 10. Mobile: It’s not just a city in Alabama anymore
• Chapter 11. Usability as common courtesy
• Chapter 12. Accessibility and you
• Chapter 13. Guide for the perplexed

Editorial Reviews

The Barnes & Noble Review
When it comes to web usability, Don’t Make Me Think packs more punch per page than any other book we’ve seen. The first edition became an instant classic. We waited five years for a second edition, but it was worth the wait.

Krug’s principles have aged very well. So, what’s new here? First, Krug offers prefabricated emails to your boss, patiently explaining why his/her brainstorm isn’t really such a good idea (for instance, why adding visual “sizzle” could be counterproductive). There’s a new chapter on building sites that treat users well -- in Krug’s words, “behave like a mensch.” There’s also an unusually realistic take on accessibility, including five recommendations to follow if you can’t revamp your entire site.

Thankfully, Krug’s humor, brevity, and intelligence remain omnipresent in this edition. Highly recommended -- again. Bill Camarda, from the September 2005 Read Only

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