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Web Usability
In 2000, Jakob Nielsen , the world’s leading expert on Web usability, published a book that changed how people think about the Web� Designing Web Usability (New Riders). Many applauded. A few jeered. But everyone listened. The best-selling usability guru is back and has revisited his classic guide, joined forces with Web usability consultant Hoa Loranger , and created an updated companion book that covers the essential changes to the Web and usability today. Prioritizing Web Usability is the guide for anyone who wants to take their Web site(s) to next level and make usability a priority! Through the authors� wisdom, experience, and hundreds of real-world user tests and contemporary Web site critiques, you’ll learn about site design, user experience and usability testing, navigation and search capabilities, old guidelines and prioritizing usability issues, page design and layout, content design, and more!
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First published January 1, 2006
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Jakob Nielsen
41Ìýbooks78ÌýfollowersJakob Nielsen is a leading web usability consultant. He holds a Ph.D. in human-computer interaction from the Technical University of Denmark in Copenhagen. He is also the principal of the Nielsen Norman Group which he co-founded with (former VP of research at Apple Computer). Before starting NNG in 1998 he was a Sun Microsystems Distinguished Engineer.
Nielsen founded the "discount usability engineering" movement for fast and cheap improvements of user interfaces and has invented several usability methods, including heuristic evaluation. He holds 79 United States patents, mainly on ways of making the Web easier to use.
Nielsen has also given his five quality components of Usability Goals, which are: Learnability, Efficiency, Memorability, Errors (as in low error rate), Satisfaction.
Nielsen founded the "discount usability engineering" movement for fast and cheap improvements of user interfaces and has invented several usability methods, including heuristic evaluation. He holds 79 United States patents, mainly on ways of making the Web easier to use.
Nielsen has also given his five quality components of Usability Goals, which are: Learnability, Efficiency, Memorability, Errors (as in low error rate), Satisfaction.
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July 8, 2016
This book follows Nielsen's classic "Designing Web Usability". Nielsen and co-author Loranger present an organized list of the most relevant problems (and corresponding solutions) in the area of web usability. Nielsen and Loranger begin by updating the list of usability issues presented in the earlier book, indicating which ones are still issues and which are no longer a concern. All findings are based on a number of usability studies that Nielsen's company has done and Nielsen also argues strongly for doing your own studies.
The end result is a very well organized and concise list of the top mistakes that companies make in the area of web usability, with recommendations on how best to avoid each mistake.
The end result is a very well organized and concise list of the top mistakes that companies make in the area of web usability, with recommendations on how best to avoid each mistake.
November 2, 2017
Eh. Not terrible. Definitely one of the better textbooks I've been assigned in grad school. But definitely outdated at this point. I appreciated the plethora of screenshots to illustrate the points made, and the fact that the text led to some lively discussions in class, but I don't know that I'd recommend.
November 9, 2018
This book is veryyyy good <3
August 19, 2019
Read to this one now and really enjoying it. I love writing style and everything Describe in this book.
December 8, 2018
this article were totally unique!!
July 30, 2017
Based on new researched conducted by the authors, they have come up with various factors that hinder usability for end users. There are signs of optimism that most web designers are staying from many bad web development practices, but issues still plague many popular websites. My only complaint about this book is that it offers no summaries, which makes it difficult to easily look at the principles at one shot. Luckily the Coding Horror site provides a .
March 28, 2024
This is one of those books that really changes the way that you look at things as a designer and developer. Nielsen's straightforward examples backed by countless hours of actual user tests and decades of research gives an insight into how people actually use web pages that just can't be found anywhere else. Pick this up now. Study it. Take notes. Use it to make better web pages for you users!
August 28, 2011
There's a reason this is such a must read book for Web design and UX. Things may have changed since 2006, but so much of this book is still very relevant. Plus it's so well written and organized it's a pleasure to read.
September 28, 2011
A bit dated by now, but still very, very relevant. I haven't found any better books on usability than this one - what is included in others is expanded in "Prioritizing...", and then more content is added, yes, even if you regularly read useit articles. :)
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June 16, 2012Easy to read and understand *why* the key points make sense - not just because of the empirical data but because the authors spend time helping us understand why a user would do or think a certain way.
May 25, 2007
The master of usability is at it again. A current update of just about every issue in web usability is brought up here.
April 9, 2008
I like this one better than J.N.'s other books--more constructive than merely critical
December 30, 2012
Web Design 1 class
March 31, 2014
Mi piace meno del primo
October 21, 2016
Even 10 years later, it's still a recommended book to be read :-)
November 8, 2016
Heck this. I've lost my patience. After reading Don't make me think, all UX books seem needlessly lengthy.
July 27, 2007
If only more people would read � and listen to � Jakob Nielsen.
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