Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability
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- Author：Steve Krug
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Summary
Since Don’t Make Me Think was first published in 2000， over 400，000 Web designers and developers have relied on Steve Krug’s guide to help them understand the principles of intuitive navigation and information design。
In this 3rd edition， Steve returns with fresh perspective to reexamine the principles that made Don’t Make Me Think a classic-–with updated examples and a new chapter on mobile usability。 And it’s still short， profusely illustrated…and best of all–fun to read。
If you’ve read it before， you’ll rediscover what made Don’t Make Me Think so essential to Web designers and developers around the world。 If you’ve never read it， you’ll see why so many people have said it should be required reading for anyone working on Web sites。
In this 3rd edition， Steve returns with fresh perspective to reexamine the principles that made Don’t Make Me Think a classic-–with updated examples and a new chapter on mobile usability。 And it’s still short， profusely illustrated…and best of all–fun to read。
If you’ve read it before， you’ll rediscover what made Don’t Make Me Think so essential to Web designers and developers around the world。 If you’ve never read it， you’ll see why so many people have said it should be required reading for anyone working on Web sites。
Reviews
Cecília
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A leitura é fácil， o autor usa uma linguagem que parece que a gente está lendo uma postagem em um blog， bem informal e com um conhecimento bem prático， com várias referências para pesquisas mais profundas em assuntos que só são dadas dicas gerais de bom senso。
Mashivan
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Great reference book。 Steve Krug will be the name I keep around if I want to get deeper into usability
Tu Cam
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useful common sense。 the perfect introduction to user experience
Tess
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Some good takeaways， but overall quite outdated
MarkH
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This book starts with "A lot of this will sound like common sense" and by the end I did feel as though most of the good， immediately usable suggestions were things I had already picked up with a casual history of reading a lot of computer-related articles。 In the end I think the advice is a bit too generic and I really wished the book was longer， more detailed， and talked about more special cases and how to solve them。 A good book if you know nothing about web usability， but not one I would reco This book starts with "A lot of this will sound like common sense" and by the end I did feel as though most of the good， immediately usable suggestions were things I had already picked up with a casual history of reading a lot of computer-related articles。 In the end I think the advice is a bit too generic and I really wished the book was longer， more detailed， and talked about more special cases and how to solve them。 A good book if you know nothing about web usability， but not one I would recommend to anyone that's been in the industry for more than a couple years。 。。。more
Aleksandra Szymańska
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a definite must-read for everyone involved in software design and development
Hana Rikayasa
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Clear and consice。 Everyone who wants to learn UX should read this
Anna
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I’m a product designer with about 2 years of experience。 This is a solid introduction to UX and wish I read it earlier。 I loved how Krug described that good UX is just common sense but common sense is often not obvious at first。 The edition I bought was from 2005。 The first half was a bit harder to relate to and learn from just because it’s so old。 But I definitely took some good pointers from the usability testing chapters in the second half。 “It’s not what’s right or wrong but what works or do I’m a product designer with about 2 years of experience。 This is a solid introduction to UX and wish I read it earlier。 I loved how Krug described that good UX is just common sense but common sense is often not obvious at first。 The edition I bought was from 2005。 The first half was a bit harder to relate to and learn from just because it’s so old。 But I definitely took some good pointers from the usability testing chapters in the second half。 “It’s not what’s right or wrong but what works or doesn’t work。” 。。。more
Pehpsii
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It's a great book， but I think it's important to note that it's a book written by a neurotypical for neurotypicals。 It's a great book， but I think it's important to note that it's a book written by a neurotypical for neurotypicals。 。。。more
Laurie Mac
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Best book on website usability， hands down。And it practices what it preaches。。。an easy read with a lot of utility！
Chase
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Great read after Design of Everyday Things， Krug has high quality humor that enlightens how to be empathetic to the users that have to put up with websites。
Rushina
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Very important read for all web designers - very basic explanations which is easy to understand。All the better webpages should and must be designed by such understandings。 Even after so many years of using web 2。0 I have seen so many professionally designed websites missing the Point。
Abhirup
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Practical， very actionable and an engaging read
Zoe
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Okay。 I guess I've been around the block a few times。 I came away with very few new tidbits。 It's engagingly written and makes some very good points。 Some are a little outdated even in the few years。 Tablets only get a few mentions and certainly should have more。 If you are absolute beginner - this is the book for you。 If you have designed a site or two or been in any user testing， there are better books out there。 Okay。 I guess I've been around the block a few times。 I came away with very few new tidbits。 It's engagingly written and makes some very good points。 Some are a little outdated even in the few years。 Tablets only get a few mentions and certainly should have more。 If you are absolute beginner - this is the book for you。 If you have designed a site or two or been in any user testing， there are better books out there。 。。。more
Curtis Bridges
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I took 16 pages of notes。 Truly。
Dana
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Main takeaways:- Eliminate the question marks- Design the website like it's a billboard: format so that it's appropriate for scanning- Keep strategy in mind: What is the user trying to accomplish？ Make this as easy and seamless to do as possible- Visual cues: The more obvious， the better- User testing is of utmost importance - 100% better to test 1 user than 0 users- Self-evident， learnable， or self-explanatory- Constraints have a focusing effect Main takeaways:- Eliminate the question marks- Design the website like it's a billboard: format so that it's appropriate for scanning- Keep strategy in mind: What is the user trying to accomplish？ Make this as easy and seamless to do as possible- Visual cues: The more obvious， the better- User testing is of utmost importance - 100% better to test 1 user than 0 users- Self-evident， learnable， or self-explanatory- Constraints have a focusing effect 。。。more
Julián Idiart
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Good practical advices and tips for improve web design and development usability， if you have experience working on webdev you will find some of them too obvious （that doesn't mean that everyone follows them though）。 The writing is pleasant， easy to follow and fun。 I keep many good highlights from this book。 Good practical advices and tips for improve web design and development usability， if you have experience working on webdev you will find some of them too obvious （that doesn't mean that everyone follows them though）。 The writing is pleasant， easy to follow and fun。 I keep many good highlights from this book。 。。。more
Emilia
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A very short （but full of useful tips） guide about web usability。 I disliked the constant footnotes， specially because they were added only to make the book “funny”。 If you already have some basic knowledge of Web usability you can skip this book。 However， it is so short that you should give it a chance。
Kali Charan Vemuru
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UX 101 for every PM
Luciana Nunes
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Fiquei em dúvida entre 3 ou 4 estrelas。 Em linhas gerais， o livro teve insights úteis para mim， porém， na minha opnião， senti que está defasado em muitas partes。 Se o livro fosse atualizado contendo novas tendências e novos pensamentos de usabilidade， análise de novas interfaces， garanto que seria um livro crucial para leitura para todas as pessoas que definem e desenvolvem produtos。 Recebi a recomendação de leitura quando estava em um curso de PO e， confesso， se você nunca desenvolveu um site o Fiquei em dúvida entre 3 ou 4 estrelas。 Em linhas gerais， o livro teve insights úteis para mim， porém， na minha opnião， senti que está defasado em muitas partes。 Se o livro fosse atualizado contendo novas tendências e novos pensamentos de usabilidade， análise de novas interfaces， garanto que seria um livro crucial para leitura para todas as pessoas que definem e desenvolvem produtos。 Recebi a recomendação de leitura quando estava em um curso de PO e， confesso， se você nunca desenvolveu um site ou um aplicativo e entende pouco de usabilidade e integração com o usuário， você terá aprendizados neste livro。 Se está iniciando sua jornada como BA， PO ou PM， entrando na área de produto， vale a pena a leitura。 Se você é uma pessoa desenvolvedora （front end） e está construindo projetos pessoais ou no trabalho que involvem interface， vale a leitura。 Se você é de UX， vale a leitura。 É breve， é possível ler em poucas horas。A essencia do livro por si só vale a pena a leitura e reflexão， caso você não tenha refletido sobre isso na sua jornada: existem padrões e motivos de como as coisas são posicionadas em um site ou o motivo de um ícone ou links existirem pelo fato de que devemos diminuir a quantidade de tempo que as pessoas passam tentando encontrar o que desejam nas interfaces。 Por exemplo， o fato de ter sempre um link na logo do site para a página inicial é uma regra que precisa ser implementada sempre que você desenvolver um site que tenha páginas em diferentes níveis， pois as pessoas que quiserem ir para a home tendenciosamente irão automaticamente clicar no link primeiro ao invés de recarregar o site na página inicial， por exemplo。 O livro tem muitos exemplos， ilustrados com design de anos atrás， diga-se de passagem， mas com reflexões que， infelizmente， muitas pessoas não implementam em seus produtos que terão interface com o usuário。 Então， se você acha que faz sentido a leitura e se encaixa com sua realidade atual， mesmo sabendo que as interfaces de exemplo são defasadas， vá em frente。 "Você quer que o seu entusiasmo com a usabilidade contagie os outros， mas não funcionará se a sua atitude for a de uma espécie de portador da verdade - sobe usabilidade ou qualquer outro assunto - para as massas。 Sua atribuição inicial deve se compartilhar aquilo que sabe， e não dizer às pessoas como as coisas devem ser feitas。" 。。。more
Mónica Ferreira
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Simple approach to web usability。 It's a very good start to a world with many topics involved， I enjoyed it Simple approach to web usability。 It's a very good start to a world with many topics involved， I enjoyed it 。。。more
Paul Adams
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A good reminder for every product own and developer out there。
Rajan
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It is a generic book which is repetitive。
Mateus Da Silva
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Perspectivas brilhantes sobre usabilidade pra web e ainda， diretrizes funcionais sobre experiência de usuários。 Mesmo que esteja "datado"， dá as bases pro que ainda compreendemos e observamos em smartphones， computadores e outros gadgets。 Perspectivas brilhantes sobre usabilidade pra web e ainda， diretrizes funcionais sobre experiência de usuários。 Mesmo que esteja "datado"， dá as bases pro que ainda compreendemos e observamos em smartphones， computadores e outros gadgets。 。。。more
Antares
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Opinia o wydaniu II。Krótko， zwięźle i na temat。 Jedna z lepszych książek branżowych， jakie miałam w ręku。 Ocena LC: 8/10
Synaps
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We would spend far less time grumbling over poor digital services if this book was read by everyone involved in developing them。 In a clear， helpful， and jovial style， Steve Krug kindly shares all the practical guidance needed to do without an expensive consultant like himself。
Olivia Gerber
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Essential！
Ankit Modi
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Interesting read on web design and usability。 Its ideas are simple and effective。 People working on web/app-based products （engineers， designers， product managers） will enjoy this book。
Ha Tran Nguyen Phuong
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Fun read！
Willow
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