His approach to 'cut price usability testing' is very worth while, (http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20000319.html) I've used it myself with much success.
Many other of his articles on the useit site, particularly the older ones are quite worth while. He backs things up with data rather than the subjective opinion or OMG LOOK AT THESE DUMMIES! approaches I've seen in other texts I've read. Quick samples: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/response-times.html http://www.useit.com/alertbox/scrolling-attention.html http://www.useit.com/alertbox/fancy-formatting.html etc etc On Jun 16, 12:28 pm, Cédric Beust ♔ <[email protected]> wrote: > 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....>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.
