Summary Of The Book In this second edition of his book, Don’t Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach To Web Usability 2nd Edition, the author has covered three additional topics apart from what was covered in the previous edition. The layout of the book is same, amusing and engrossing. The amateur or even professional web designers can benefit greatly from this book.
The book is divided into four parts, Guiding Principles, Things You Need To Get Right, Making Sure You Got Them Right, and Larger Concerns And Outside Influences. Some of the chapters covered in this book include Usability As Common Courtesy: Why Your Web site Should Be A Mensch, Don't Make Me Think: Krug's First Law of Usability, Street Signs And Breadcrumbs: Designing Navigation, and Omit Needless Words: The Art Of Not Writing For The Web.
This book is considered a classic piece of text pertaining to web usability, and currently has more than 300,000 copies in print. This book will completely revolutionize your thinking in terms of web designing and is definitely worth a read.
sAbout Steve Krug The author of this book, Steve Krug, is also a well-known consultant, who has worked for a number of leading companies.
Apart from writing this book, the author has also written another book entitled Rocket Surgery Made Easy: The Do-It-Yourself Guide To Finding And Fixing Usability Problems. The book revolves around the subject of web usability.
The author has written his book, based on over two decade’s experience as a consultant for leading companies such as Bloomberg.com, NPR, Lexus.com, the International Monetary Fund, Apple, amongst several others. He currently owns a consultancy company named Advance Common Sense, located in Chestnut Hill, MA. Apart from authoring books, the author teaches at a number of seminars on usability as well as consulting.