Rating: - Good reference book
I always refer to this book before making any updates/changes to my home page/website. I would also recommend Jakob Nielsen's website for additional usability resources/information.
Rating: - Good but...
This is a nice book...but..Idk..i don't really use it. I bought it for an online class and I haven't looked at it much. Maybe I will when I get more time..
Rating: - Excellent in 2001 - Still applies but now looking dated...
I bought this book when it first came out. This was an amazing critique of many major websites and I learned a lot from it. I no longer refer to the book as websites have evolved so much from those days. Yes, you can still learn from it but for me now the book is a nostalgia trip into 2001 websites. I think the first generation of great websites. If you can buy this book cheap it is worth getting. Very high quality book but don't pay full price.
Rating: - Detailed Oriented Examples for Good Content
It was a while ago when I read this book, about 3 years ago and I still remember how extremely informational and what an eye opener it was to learn all sorts of content do's and don'ts along with the usability guidelines it has.
Rating: - 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 lot of this is on what not to do, getting those basic errors fixed may make this the best book I've ever seen on how to make a GOOD website, or at least improve any web site.
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