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Information Architecture for the World Wide Web: Designing Large-Scale Web Sites

111 reviews
Peter Morville, Louis Rosenfeld

O'Reilly Media, 2006

Excellent Resource
This is one of the most complete and thorough resources on the topic of Information Architecture. As relevant today as when it was written. A must read for Web Developers and other folks whose work it is to design, produce and publish web sites.

Eyetracking Web Usability

6 reviews
Jakob Nielsen, Kara Pernice

New Riders Press, 2009

Packed with examples of eye movements and design potentials
Eyetracking Web Usability is based on one of the largest studies of eyetracking usability and employs usability methodology and eye-tracking technology to analyze 1.45 million user fixations on web sites. Designers and software developers - and libraries catering to them - will find this packed with examples of eye movements and design potentials.

About Face 3: The Essentials of Interaction Design

15 reviews, ...

Wiley, 2007

Oh my... a readable book on programming
Before I even discuss the quality of the contents, I'd like to point out this is a thoroughly enjoyable read, and what a rare quality that is amongst programming books. The examples (both good and bad) are concise and properly supported by arguments. The analogies are fitting and funny. This book will make you think twice (at least) about a lot of things you've been taking for granted in the ...

Mobile Design and Development: Practical Concepts and Techniques for Creating Mobile Sites and Web Apps ...

6 reviews
Brian Fling

O'Reilly Media, 2009

Excellent Starting Point
Anyone looking to moving into the mobile space as a developer or manager should take the time to read this book. Fling brings a considerable amount of experience to the table and gives an incredible survey of the situation as it exists now. Failing to take into account all the valuable information here would be foolish. The tone and style are refreshing. Fling doesn't try to be cute or work ...

Ambient Findability

51 reviews

O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2009

This book stays out on my desk, no matter how many times I put it away
Subject lines says it all, don't you think? I keep coming back to this book to help ground my thinking when I'm working with companies trying to figure out how to get information to their customers. The book's been around for a while, but its message continues to resonate.

Subject To Change: Creating Great Products & Services for an Uncertain World

21 reviews

O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2008

A great intro to empathy-driven design and developing an experience strategy for your products/services.
If you're not already familiar with design thinking and research, this is a great intro to empathy-driven design and developing an experience strategy for your products/services. Even if you are, it's still a good refresher--though it doesn't offer a lot of depth or insight into Adaptive Path's unique approach. Recommended.

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

21 reviews
Steve Krug

New Riders Press, 2009

Inspirational
BOUGHT THIS BOOK THE MINUTE I REALIZED IT WAS OUT: Having been a "Usability Professional" for a number of years, I purchased this Steve Krug book, the minute I knew he had another book out, without even paying attention to what it was about. This guy is just that good. This enthusiasm was due to his previous book "Don't Make Me Think" which was a great book on how to make more usable web sites. ...

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

18 reviews
Caroline Jarrett, Gerry Gaffney

Morgan Kaufmann, 2008

Forms that work is the Don't Make Me Think! of form design
"Forms that work" is a practical discussion of the challenges of creating effective web forms. It provides a common vocabulary for the critical elements of form design. It describes practical solutions and best practices through concrete examples accompanied by clear and specific explanations. Two things about this book jump out: - "Forms that work" highlights the PROCESS of form design in ...

Prioritizing Web Usability, MobiPocket

28 reviews

New Riders Press, 2006

Usability 101: Making Your Web Site the Best it Can Be
Jakob Nielsen and Hoa Loranger paired together to create a book packed with the information necessary on what it takes to create a user-friendly Web site. Prioritizing Web Usability hits the center of the target on what the main problems with usability are. This book was written based on a study that the authors performed; this study consisted of testing 69 users across 25 Web sites. After ...

Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability

516 reviews

New Riders Press, 2009

GREAT Book
Well, I think that this book openned my mind on usability issues. Primary because as a developer, I used to think that "normal" users needed to know better to use the web but after this reading I realized that it was me that needed to acquire the ability to understand users, because I was the weird one... Great job Steve!

Site-Seeing: A Visual Approach to Web Usability

12 reviews
Luke Wroblewski

Wiley, 2002

Visual & "wordy" is what makes this book great!
As a fan of Site-Seeing, I must respond to a few of the reviews asserting that the author should have condensed certain material in the book. For me, the many visual examples and the great, detailed explanations (one reviewer suggested "wordy") are exactly what makes this book so useful. Rather than just skimming over important design concepts, the author actually takes the time to properly ...

When Search Meets Web Usability

8 reviews

New Riders Press, 2009

Highly recommend
If you are embarking in search or have been aligned with SEO for a number of years, this book, When Search Meets Web Usability, by Nick Musica and Shari Thurow, highlight the importance of understanding the user experience throughout the entire process. Shari and Nick both clearly define the importance of creating the flow from the initial key word search or a more informational; long tail ...

Designing the Obvious: A Common Sense Approach to Web Application Design

28 reviews
Robert Hoekman Jr.

New Riders Press, 2006

I want my whole team to read this!!
I love this book for it's brevity, clarity and simplicity. While everything in this book is obvious and common sense, it is still amazingly useful. You should not underestimate your minds ability to ignore and distort such obvious things, especially when we are emotionally invested in the product. Reading this book is helpful when starting or reviewing a product.

Ajax Design Patterns

16 reviews

O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2009

A "must have" Ajax Resource for every Web 2.0 developer.
Let me get something straight here: Michael Mahemoff really knows how to teach, this book is one of the most appropriated books for those who want to learn about AJAX and in this review I'll tell you why I think so. First of all, the book starts explaining all the basics of AJAX with its definitons, how it works, related technologies and more. But the best point is: the author always explains ...

Homepage Usability: 50 Websites Deconstructed

74 reviews
Jakob Nielsen, Marie Tahir

New Riders Press, 2001

Learn more things than you ever imagined could be wrong with a website...so you can fix them
Until you have pointed out how popular websites have horrible flaws you just don't notice it. We rarely see good sites (and the distinguish quality of a good site is you don't get distracted and notice it is good) so it is hard to expect better. But this book insightfully shows what is wrong with websites. Once we see what's wrong we can recognize it and then we can FIX it. Even though a ...

Effective UI: The Art of Building Great User Experience in Software

12 reviews
EffectiveUI, Jonathan Anderson, ...

O'Reilly Media, 2010

In your corner
Creating attractive and useful UI requires buy-in, support and input from people across the business. Effective UI is about more than just creating a good design, it is a resource that can help you effectively work and communicate with the project team, resulting in a usable, useful and innovative software.

Designing Web Navigation: Optimizing the User Experience

19 reviews
James Kalbach

O'Reilly Media, 2007

Hands down, the best book available on navigation / usability.
I've read a few books now on usability, accessibility, navigation design, etc. Some of these, such as Steve Krug's "Don't Make Me Think" were excellent, and really changed the way I looked at web design. Nevertheless, this book still managed to floor me -- throughout, I was exposed to critical design concepts that I had never even heard of, and to new and deeper perspectives on those that I ...

Sexy Web Design: Creating Interfaces That Work

19 reviews
Elliot Jay Stocks

SitePoint, 2009

Top Notch Creative Design Book
I was overall impressed with this book. It has an amazing assortment of creative ideas and makes a great reference book when I'm trying to find something that just "clicks". I love not only the design aspect of the book, but the ideas, the thoughts, and the "how-to's" that went into creating it. The book itself is a piece of art to be cherished.

Beyond the Usability Lab: Conducting Large-scale Online User Experience Studies

2 reviews
William Albert, Thomas Tullis, ...

Morgan Kaufmann, 2010

Exactly what you need to run online studies
I needed this book three years ago when I was designing remote unmoderated usability studies and analyzing the results. I figured it all out eventually, but now, after reading "Beyond the Usability Lab," I see where I could have done much better. Alas, there are no time machines.... "Beyond the Usability Lab" takes you through the entire lifecycle of an online study, from "do we need this?" ...

Designing Web Usability

237 reviews
Jakob Nielsen

Peachpit Press, 1999

AMAZING!
This book came in pristene condition. It is out of print, but my instructor was AMAZED at what a nice book I received over the net. I've already sung the praises of Amazon. Thanks!!

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