usability designing interactive technologies

books:

Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition
Steve Krug

New Riders Press, 2005

Forms that Work: Designing Web Forms for Usability (Interactive Technologies)

10 reviews
Caroline Jarrett, Gerry Gaffney

Morgan Kaufmann, 2008

Comprehensive demystification for forms on the web
The web design world has been lacking in a books focusing on forms for a long time, then along come two: "Forms that Work: Designing Web Forms for Usability" and Luke Wroblewski's Web Form Design: Filling in the Blanks. Both books are truly good but if you had to choose just one, I would recommend "Forms that Work", for two reasons. Firstly, while Wroblewski comes from a general web interface ...

Don't Make Me Think : A Common Sence Approach (Circle.Com Library)

503 reviews
Steve Krug

San Val, 2000

that was differnt
Got this book for a class, But read it cover to cover. It is an easy and fun read. Well written, and puts a different perspective on web design. A must have for anyone working with web page design.

Don't Make Me Think. Was ist Web Usability?.
Steve Krug

mitp-Verlag, 2002

Rocket Surgery Made Easy: The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Finding and Fixing Usability Problems

9 reviews
Steve Krug

New Riders Press, 2009

See your website with "fresh eyes"
If you want to know how to do discount usability testing, this is the book for you. This "show me don't tell me" book is laid out in a practical fashion that anyone can grasp. The points about getting effective feedback from only a few people is presented so compellingly that it will "rock the world" of those who believe that you must spend big to get great results. And the pithy, humorous ...

Web Bloopers: 60 Common Web Design Mistakes and How to Avoid Them (Morgan Kaufmann Series in Interactive ...

13 reviews
Jeff Johnson

San Val, 2003

Valuable concepts, presented in a fun-to-read way
I saw the author's presentation at SD West 05, and that made me even more interested in reading this book. Jeff obviously understands the material very well, and he explains the issues eloquently. Fortunately, his book is at least as impressive as his verbal presentation. As a Web/database developer (and small business owner) I have been steadily working my way through his "Web Bloopers" ...