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“Don’t Make Me Think by Steve Krug is a great introduction to web usability and usability testing. Steve Krug is a well known web usability expert and has a great low tech way of explaining things in this book. This book is geared toward web designers and web owners alike. While it does focus mostly on ecommerce site the principles are universal and easy to understand.

This book covers a wide verity of site pitfalls and stumbling blocks that sites have had. He does this by illustrating on sites that for the most part have gotten it right but these are the little extra things that will push them even farther along the road to a great usability with there users. Steve Krug brings his years of usability testing to this book in short easy to digest chapters. he keeps you interested with his short jokes and anecdotes that I found myself laughing at more then once.

Whats in this book
This book covers
How users really use the web with examples of what a user will see on the page and also covering different ways that users will navigate your site.
How to design a web page for scanning instead of detailed reading.
Why a user likes mindless choices and how to cater to your users by making what they want easily findable and at their fingertips when they want it.
Copywriting do’s and don’ts covering how to write copy that will keep your users interest and get them to where they need to be.
Designing navigation
Homepage design
User testing covering both how to conduct your own user testing and also how to justify user testing.
Accessibility thru CCS and webstandards
What to do when the client or your boss wants you do something that you know is not good for usability.

Verdict
This book is a must read for and web designer, developer and is also well within the reach of website owners. I highly recomend this book because it is an easy read which was also one of the authors goals. It is under 200 pages and could be read within a week or two.
Rating 5 out of 5

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