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Designing Web Usability [Paperback]

Jakob Nielsen (Author)
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Creating Web sites is easy. Creating sites that truly meet the needs and expectations of the wide range of online users is quite another story. In Designing Web Usability: The Practice of Simplicity, renowned Web usability guru Jakob Nielsen shares his insightful thoughts on the subject. Packed with annotated examples of actual Web sites, this book sets out many of the design precepts all Web developers should follow.

This guide segments discussions of Web usability into page, content, site, and intranet design. This breakdown skillfully isolates for the reader many subtly different challenges that are often mixed together in other discussions. For example, Nielsen addresses the requirements of viewing pages on varying monitor sizes separately from writing concise text for "scanability." Along the way, the author pulls no punches with his opinions, using phrases like "frames: just say no" to immediately make his feelings known. Fortunately, his advise is some of the best you'll find.

One of the unique aspects of this title is the use of actual statistics to buttress the author's opinions on various techniques and technologies. He includes survey results on sizes of screens, types of queries submitted to search portals, response times by connection type and more. This book is intended as the first of two volumes--focusing on the "what." The author promises a follow-up title that will show the "hows" and, based on this installation, we can't wait. --Stephen W. Plain

Topics covered: Cross-platform design, response time considerations, writing for the Web, multimedia implementation, navigation strategies, search boxes, corporate intranet design, accessibility for disabled users, international considerations, and future predictions.

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While everyone wants to design cool web sites, no one wants to think simple and consider whether the design actually accomplishes its goal, which is usually to sell, teach, or entertain. The sole exception is Nielsen, who has made a living speaking and writing about what works and what doesn't work in interactive media. His simple, well-written, and well-illustrated book discusses web usability, page design, content design, site design, intranet design, accessibility for users with disabilities, international use, future directions, and simplicity. Buy more than one copy.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good base, April 8 2006
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Nelson Therrien (Drummondville, Quebec Canada) - See all my reviews
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This is a good book if you've never heard about usability. I agree with the review saying it would be time for a review though...

I find it too extremist on some points. A designer would look at this (and surely his website) and say he'll never want to do another website if it has to be that way...

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5.0 out of 5 stars This is the bible, Mar 7 2005
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Blair (Victoria, BC) - See all my reviews
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You may not follow all of Jacob Neilson's guidelines, but you can't start any website construction or redesign project without reading this book.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Classic Reference, but a bit outdated, July 18 2004
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Michael Lugassy (Ra'anana, Israel) - See all my reviews
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This book is a must for every web developer, although I think it's time for a newer version, as some of the examples and theories are based on pre-2000 studies.

Overall you can expect a great insight on correct web-design, colors matching, liquid pages, use of navigation and quick respond to user needs.

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