An excellent book on designing usable websites. The book is presented in a humorous non-technical fashion that makes it enjoyable to read regardless of your technical skill level... It contains many examples and illustrations that make it clear what the author is trying to describe. The section on usability testing explains how to do usability test and makes some good points on the need for testing. If your are responsible for your organization's website, I would highly recommend reading this book.
The title of the book is its chief personal design premise. All of the tips, techniques, and examples presented revolve around users being able to surf merrily through a well-designed site with minimal cognitive strain. Readers will quickly come to agree with many of the book's assumptions, such as "We don't read pages--we scan them" and "We don't figure out how things work--we muddle through." Coming to grips with such hard facts sets the stage for Web design that then produces topnotch sites.
Using an attractive mix of full-color screen shots, cute cartoons and diagrams, and informative sidebars, the book keeps your attention and drives home some crucial points. Much of the content is devoted to proper use of conventions and content layout, and the "before and after" examples are superb. Topics such as the wise use of rollovers and usability testing are covered using a consistently practical approach.
This is the type of book you can blow through in a couple of evenings. But despite its conciseness, it will give you an expert's ability to judge Web design. You'll never form a first impression of a site in the same way again. --Stephen W. Plain
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Excellent book
"Don't Make Me Think" is clear, concise, and very, very funny. I would recommend it to anyone developing a commercial website. Good job!
Great Read!
The author definitely practices what he preaches by keeping the book short, to the point and very enjoyable to read. I did not read the first edition, but this book was a great! I would have loved to have seen more real-situation examples, but otherwise well worth my money and a must have for all web designers.
Buy This Book
If you are even thinking of creating a useful website, you have to read this book!!! Especially if you're doing it buy yourself and on a budget. This book has helped my site foot it with the big boys with investing truckloads of $$$$.
Once more the book is short, funny and too the point!
Many thanks to the author