I've always had mixed feelings about Nielsen's work. I mean, just take a look at his web site...
I think he has some very odd notions of usability that don't always correspond to reality. I seem to remember one of the Posse guys tell a story about his encounter with Nielsen. He asked for feedback about some chart that he was maintaining and within a minute, Nielsen had completely defaced it and turned it into a psychedelic unusable mess. I'm much more on the Spolsky / Harris pragmatic side of things when it comes to UI. Oh speaking of which, be sure to check out Jensen Harris' awesome series of blog posts<http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jensenh/archive/2008/03/12/table-of-contents.aspx>on how and why Microsoft designed the Ribbon. It's a fascinating insight into Microsoft's approach to usability filled with very interesting observations on user interfaces in general. -- Cédric On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 7:10 PM, Steven Herod <[email protected]>wrote: > This site: > > http://www.useit.com/jakob/useengbook.html > > And this book: > > http://www.useit.com/jakob/useengbook.html > > Were my intro to the subject some 10+ years ago > > On Jun 15, 5:20 am, Patrick Forhan <[email protected]> wrote: > > Here's three I picked up last year and have thoroughly enjoyed. I am > quite > > fond of Don't Make Me Think. > > > > 1. Don’t Make Me Think! A common sense approach to Web > > Usability<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321344758/ref=oss_product>by > > Steve Krug -- How to make things make sense. > > 2. The Non-Designer’s Design > > Book<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321534042/ref=oss_product>by > > Robin Williams -- Concepts of design. > > 3. The Design of Everyday > > Things<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0465067107/ref=oss_product>by > > Donald Norman -- Analysis of everyday objects. > > > > Pat. > > > > 2011/6/14 Cédric Beust ♔ <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 5:53 AM, ranjith <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> Does anyone know the best book/document out there on UX/UI ? > > > > > Of all the books I read on the subject, Joel Spolsky's "User Interface > > > Design for the Programmers"< > http://www.amazon.com/User-Interface-Design-Programmers-Spolsky/dp/18...>is > the one that is still sticking out for me. > > > > > You will find nothing formal in this book, but if you have ever > wondered > > > how come all interfaces written by programmers are horrible, this book > will > > > show you exactly why and how to remedy that. > > > > > There is also Don't Make me Think< > http://www.amazon.com/Think-Common-Sense-Approach-Usability/dp/078972...>, > > > which shows the problem under a slightly different angle, but > interesting > > > nevertheless. > > > > > Finally, when you're trying to lean about GUI's, it helps to see what > *not* > > > to do, and the iarchitect.com web site is great for that. Sadly, that > web > > > site seems to have gone down, but it's apparently been mirrored here< > http://homepage.mac.com/bradster/iarchitect/shame.htm> > > > . > > > > > -- > > > Cédric > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "The Java Posse" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]. > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > > > -- > > Defy mediocrity. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
