Don't make me think! : a common sense approach to Web usability / Steve Krug.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krug, Steve.

Contributor:

Carleton and Mary Robinson Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Web sites--Design.

Web sites.

Web site development.

Internet.

Writing.

Publishing.

Data Display.

User-Computer Interface.

Medical Subjects:

Internet.

Writing.

Publishing.

Data Display.

User-Computer Interface.

Physical Description:

xiii, 201 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, Calif : New Riders Pub., [2006]

Summary:

Yesterday's Web looked far different from today's Web, and tomorrow's Web will look more different still. Amidst all of this change, however, one aspect of Web use remains the same: The sites that offer the best, easiest, most intuitive experience are the ones people visit again and again. To ensure that your sites provide that experience, this guide from 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. The second edition of this classic adds three new chapters that explain why people really leave Web sites, how to make sites usable and accessible, and the art of surviving executive design whims, plus a new preface and updated recommended reading.--From publisher description.

Contents:

Preface

Foreword / Roger Black

Introduction

Guiding principles.

Chapter 1. Don't make me think! : Krug's first law of usability

Chapter 2. How we really use the Web : scanning, satisficing, and muddling through

Chapter 3. Billboard design 101 : designing pages for scanning, not reading

Chapter 4. Animal, vegetable, or mineral? : why users like mindless choices

Chapter 5. Omit needless words : the art of not writing for the Web - Things you need to get right.

Chapter 6. Street signs and breadcrumbs : designing navigation

Chapter 7. The first step in recovery is admitting that the home page is beyond your control : designing the home page - Making sure you got them right.

Chapter 8. "The farmer and the cowman should be friends" : why most Web design team arguments about usability are a waste of time, and how to avoid them

Chapter 9. Usability testing on 10 cents a day : why user testing done simply enough is the cure for all your site's ills - Larger concerns and outside influences.

Chapter 10. Usability as common courtesy : why your Web site should be a mensch

Chapter 11. Accessibility, cascading style sheets, and you : just when you think you're done, a cat floats by with buttered toast strapped to its back

Chapter 12. Help! My boss wants me to : when bad design decisions happen to good people

Recommended reading

Acknowledgments

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-191) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Carleton and Mary Robinson Fund.

ISBN:

0321344758

9780321344755

OCLC:

61895021