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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.2
EAN: 9781562058104
Edition: 1
ISBN: 156205810X
Label: Peachpit Press
Manufacturer: Peachpit Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 432
Publication Date: December 30, 1999
Publisher: Peachpit Press
Studio: Peachpit Press
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Creating Web sites is easy. Creating sites that truly meet the needs and expectations of the wide range of online users is quite another story. In Designing Web Usability: The Practice of Simplicity, renowned Web usability guru Jakob Nielsen shares his insightful thoughts on the subject. Packed with annotated examples of actual Web sites, this book sets out many of the design precepts all Web developers should follow.
This guide segments discussions of Web usability into page, content, site, and intranet design. This breakdown skillfully isolates for the reader many subtly different challenges that are often mixed together in other discussions. For example, Nielsen addresses the requirements of viewing pages on varying monitor sizes separately from writing concise text for "scanability." Along the way, the author pulls no punches with his opinions, using phrases like "frames: just say no" to immediately make his feelings known. Fortunately, his advise is some of the best you'll find.
One of the unique aspects of this title is the use of actual statistics to buttress the author's opinions on various techniques and technologies. He includes survey results on sizes of screens, types of queries submitted to search portals, response times by connection type and more. This book is intended as the first of two volumes--focusing on the "what." The author promises a follow-up title that will show the "hows" and, based on this installation, we can't wait. --Stephen W. Plain
Topics covered: Cross-platform design, response time considerations, writing for the Web, multimedia implementation, navigation strategies, search boxes, corporate intranet design, accessibility for disabled users, international considerations, and future predictions.
Product Description:
Users experience the usability of a web site before they have committed to using it and before making any purchase decisions. The web is the ultimate environment for empowerment, and he or she who clicks the mouse decides everything. Designing Web Usability is the definitive guide to usability from Jakob Nielsen, the world's leading authority. Over 250,000 Internet professionals around the world have turned to this landmark book, in which Nielsen shares the full weight of his wisdom and experience. From content and page design to designing for ease of navigation and users with disabilities, he delivers complete direction on how to connect with any web user, in any situation. Nielsen has arrived at a series of principles that work in support of his findings: 1. That web users want to find what they're after quickly; 2. If they don't know what they're after, they nevertheless want to browse quickly and access information they come across in a logical manner. This book is a must-have for anyone who thinks seriously about the web.
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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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This book is an excellent resource for basic web design. While it is an older book, it still has much to offer the beginner. The illustrations support the text and aid learning. It is well organized.
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Jakob Nielsen is the web usability guru and this is the best web usability guide. Read it!
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A web usability classic from 1999 from the perspective of the designer (not the software developer).
It is excellent in its reasoning; it is nearly ten years old. That makes the examples historical (interesting for their own right). Nielsen's depth of thinking and writing talents make the contents still valuable for today.
The quality of Nielsen's forecasts is amazing. Only the micro payment idea proved to be wrong in favor of the advertising model.
"Designing ... Read More
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Designing Web Usability by Jakob Nielson is one of the many hundreds of similar books that touch to the subject matter of Website deigning.
The only point where the book differs from the lot is its ability to portray things simply and clearly.
I still remember the day when Mr. Shamit Khemka, the CEO of Synapse Communications, introduced the book before us. It was his short introductory lecture that led us towards the world of exciting knowledge on website usability. For Synapse ... Read More
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