Web Bloopers: 60 Common Web Design Mistakes, and How to Avoid Them: Amazon.ca: Jeff Johnson: Books

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Engaging, Educational, Enjoyable, Erudite: Excellent!
--Dr. Jakob Nielsen, Nielsen Norman Group

"If you get paid to develop a Website, you should have this book...I high recommend this one." Jessica Sant, Reporter, JavaRanch.com, July 2nd, 2003

"An artifact of the Information Age, the oldest Web page still operating on the Internet, is among the nuggests of gigabyte gold in Jeff Johnson's new book, Web Bloopers." Chicago Tribune, May 10th, 2003

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Provides web designers with the do's and don'ts of designing web site graphic-user interfaces (GUI)

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The Web is about content, first and foremost. Read the first page

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Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index

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4.0 out of 5 stars Practical, Dec 30 2003

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Rafael Lopez Callejon "I work in a Children P... (Madrid -Spain-) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Web Bloopers: 60 Common Web Design Mistakes, and How to Avoid Them (Paperback)

In my opinion, the book is a very practical guide for people designing web sites. It has quite good illustrations and explanations. And is very "browsable". I mean, you can easily go to the topic you are interested in.
I recomend the chapter about forms.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Never let this book leave your side, Nov 26 2003

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shaw6 (Sydney, NSW Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Web Bloopers: 60 Common Web Design Mistakes, and How to Avoid Them (Paperback)

As web designers, we have a responsibility to avoid the worst mistakes. There are so many of them to make, and they are so easy to avoid!

By using this well-presented book, you can design a site that avoids the worst bloopers.

Rigid rules are rarely 100% right, but I don't think that's the intention here. I'm sure Jeff Johnson is aiming for "rules of thumb".

I'm not always sure I agree with his solutions, and they won't always work in every situation. Sometimes the blooper would be the right solution in a particular instance.

But as a starting point everything in this book makes good sense, and the examples show clearly what he's talking about.

It's an easy read as well. I highly recommend it.

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2.0 out of 5 stars I would have to disagree with others, Sep 5 2003

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Craig Isbell / BitCrafter Media Corp. (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews

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While this book does offer some insight to the pitfalls of "all too common" web mistakes, I have to disagree with the author's conclusions in many cases. In particular, he seems to place blame a lot on web developers as though we are often irresponsible, responsible for poorly written content, lackluster site maintenance and other "bloopers" as he calls them. Fact is, most web developers would love to spend the time "investing" in doing a thorough job. However, in many cases, the client often doesn't want to pay the additional monies to do a thorough job. While there is enough blame to go around in poor web design, it seemed all to common for the author to blame the web developer for critical mistakes. I also take exception to his commentary at times, in specific, his early mention of Enron and an obvious sarcastic knock against the company. He points to a bold claim Enron still makes on its site as to its size and stature. While Enron may have troubles, it's still a viable company with many assets and still provides services to many customers. We can do without the authors injection of cynicism and personal feelings about the company to prove his point. Lastly, I found the layout to be a little difficult to read. Often, the author would reference figures that were one to two pages ahead making you have to skim forward to see what he was talking about. The book is a very large format and anyone with a better sense of book design could have done a better job laying out this book. These are only a few points in a long list of what's wrong with this book. While the author makes some valid points, I found this book a little too much to stomach. Read at your own peril.

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5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent reference and check-list
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