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Don't make me think! : a common sense approach to Web usability / Steve Krug; [foreword by Roger Black].
By: Krug, Steve
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BookSeries: Circle.com library.Publisher: Indianapolis : Que, 2000Description: ix, 195 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0789723107.Subject(s): Web sites -- Design | Web site developmentDDC classification: 025.04
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Lending | MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending | 025.04 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00073077 |
Total holds: 0
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Includes index.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Foreword (p. vi)
- Introduction: Read me first (p. 2)
- Throat clearing and disclaimers
- Guiding Principles
- Chapter 1 Don't make me think! (p. 10)
- Krug's First Law of Usability
- Chapter 2 How we really use the Web (p. 20)
- Scanning, satisficing, and muddling through
- Chapter 3 Billboard Design 101 (p. 30)
- Designing pages for scanning, not reading
- Chapter 4 Animal, vegetable, or mineral? (p. 40)
- Why users like mindless choices
- Chapter 5 Omit words (p. 44)
- The art of not writing for the Web
- Things You Need to Get Right
- Chapter 6 Street signs and Breadcrumbs (p. 50)
- Designing navigation
- Chapter 7 The first step in recovery is admitting that the Home page is beyond your control (p. 96)
- Designing the Home page
- Making Sure you Got Them Right
- Chapter 8 "The Farmer and the Cowman Should Be Friends" (p. 130)
- 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 (p. 138)
- Keeping testing simple--so you do enough of it
- Chapter 10 Usability testing: The movie (p. 154)
- How to do your own testing
- Chapter 11 On not throwing the baby out with the dishes (p. 174)
- Interpreting test results
- Recommended reading (p. 182)
- Acknowledgments (p. 186)
- Index (p. 192)
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Steve Krug is a highly respected usability consultant who has worked quietly for years for companies like Apple, Netscape, AOL, BarnesandNoble.com, Excite@Home, and Circle.com. Don't Make Me Think! is the product of more than ten years experience as a user advocate.