About this title: Five years and more than 100,000 copies after it was first published, it's hard to imagine anyone working in Web design who hasn't read Steve Krug's "instant classic" on Web usability, but people are still discovering it every day. In this second edition, Steve adds three new chapters in the same style as the original: wry and entertaining, yet ...
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Description: LIKE_NEW. A like-new copy of Don't Make Me Think! which we purchased for a web developer...who never bothered to use it. The book has been in our storage for the past few years and the pages are white, crisp, and perfect. The cover has some small scuff marks due to storage and warehouse-to-warehouse moving over the years. Ships same-day (M-F) if ordered before 4PM EST. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: New Riders Pub
Date Published: 2005-08-26
ISBN-13:9780321344755ISBN:0321344758
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: New Riders Press
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780321344755ISBN:0321344758
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Edition: 2nd
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: New Riders Press
Date Published: 8/28/2005
ISBN-13:9780321344755ISBN:0321344758
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Description: New. Usability guru Krug distills his years of on-the-job experience into a practical primer on the do's and don'ts of good Web design, making sure that readers come away with a solid understanding of the usability principles that will determine their Web... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Macmillan Computer Pub
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780321344755ISBN:0321344758
Description: Good. Paperback. May include moderately worn cover, writing, markings or slight discoloration. May include moderately worn cover, writing, markings or slight discoloration. SKU: 24634004 All orders shipped within 1 business day. 14 day money back guarantee ISBN: 9780321344755. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Macmillan Computer Pub
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780321344755ISBN:0321344758
Description: Paperback. Has minor wear and/or markings. Has minor wear and/or markings. SKU: 24530176 All orders shipped within 1 business day. 14 day money back guarantee ISBN: 9780321344755 Has minor wear and/or markings. Has minor wear and/or markings. SKU: 24530176 All orders shipped within 1 business day. 14 day money back guarantee. read more
Edition: 2nd edition
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: New Riders Publishing
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780321344755ISBN:0321344758
Description: New. Provides insights and practical advice for novice and veteran alike. This book discusses why people really leave Web sites; making sites usable and accessible; and, surviving executive design whims. It offers help for those whose bosses, clients, stak... read more
Edition: 2nd edition
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: New Riders Publishing
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780321344755ISBN:0321344758
Description: New. Provides insights and practical advice for novice and veteran alike. This book discusses why people really leave Web sites; making sites usable and accessible; and, surviving executive design whims. It offers help for those whose bosses, clients, stak... read more
"The book was a short, quick and easy read that can easily be finished on a plane ride. It's in full color with a couple of helpful diagrams, but I mostly found the comics in it annoying and patronizing. A lot of what Krug brings up in the first half seems like common sense, but he does delve deeper into some points, which may be helpful for some.
The most valuable information I found in Don't Make Me Think was the little quizzes in the middle of the book where readers are presented with sample websites and asked what was wrong or needed improvement. Krug walks through important aspects of those sites in a clear and concise manner. I wish that more of the book was made up of examples like those."
"Lots of great material. Nothing revolutionary, and I agree with the author that this is a good thing. Revolution has its places, but this book is more about learning common sense. That sometimes takes reading from other people's experiences, and Krug obviously has some experience. He's even smart enough to admit that different people have different opinions. And the main technique for improvement is cheap user testing. I can't echo enough what he has to say about cheap.
This book is definitely worth a read by folks building web sites, especially in a corporate setting. (I've been there, so I knew what he was talking about.)
The least valuable material is in relation to the specific technology of the time. General support and acceptance for DHTML is far beyond what he described in the first edition of the book. Some more modern techniques also invalidate some of Krug's comments. Hopefully the second edition (which I didn't read) fixed some of these points. Still, this was just a small fraction of the book, and it including general principles, too. (Keep the action where the user expects it.) And the idea of giving on what could be good ideas but just aren't realizable is also worth taking into account.
Also, I can't say I'm a fan of navigation tabs, as Krug claims to be. They just don't scale like lists. Even Krug's favorite site in the book (namely, Amazon) doesn't have tabs anymore. I'm not sure what he thinks about that."
"I had a pact with some fellow web nerds at work to read a book on usability to improve our websites. I chose this one because, like a good website, it had short pages and a lot of white space. I was pleasantly surprised to actually enjoy the content as well as the writing style. It is concise, informative, practical, and humorous. Whereas Jakob Nielsen's classic usability books are chock-full of statistics and details, this book is a new approach to usability, stripped down to what is practical and quickly measurable. Steve Krug's time- and money-saving method of web testing alone is worth the read for developers. Even casual web designers can benefit from the simple concepts and step-by-step "effective websites use this" lessons and examples.
Reading this book generated more ideas and interest in a needed web redesign than I thought possible. Its approach is not a heavy-handed laying down of rules, but descriptions of typical scenarios and problems and possible solutions in a way that stimulates creative thought in the reader. It's formatted to be easily browsable and readable, making it a quick reference for web developers with time budgets-as if there were any other kind! This book will benefit anyone who is putting together a website, offering tips on making it more logical and informative, thus more popular among users."
"The case it used is interesting. Funny real life doesn't always paralle with web life...
I always go into grocery store and grab anybody can tell me where the stuff I wanted so I can get them and leave (Search Method); while most of time on web surfing, I prefer to look through neatly organized menus and sub menus, I only hit the search box after I got frustrated that can't find what I was looking for...
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