[WEB4LIB] Re: Nielsen's new book

[Mark Gooch]

Amazon.com has it listed just as Thomas wrote in his message (Designing web
usability).

Mark

Dennis VanArsdale wrote:

> What did the title turn out to be?
> iPage has the listing as "Designing excellent websites", with a
> cover picturing the title as "Designing websites with authority", and
> you have "Designing web usability" all under the same ISBN.
>
> BTW: everyone please join my campaign to have capital
> punishment made automatic and mandatory for publishers who
> changes titles after the first announcement... >;-)
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>
> Date sent:              Mon, 3 Jan 2000 14:13:23 -0800 (PST)
> Send reply to:          tdowling at ohiolink.edu
> From:                   "Thomas Dowling" <tdowling at ohiolink.edu>
> To:                     Multiple recipients of list <web4lib at webjunction.org>
> Subject:                [WEB4LIB] Nielsen's new book
>
> > Jakob Nielsen's useit.com site gets mentioned occasionally here, as do
> > some of his specific AlertBox columns.  You should be aware that he has
> > just come out with a new book (it was supposed to be out in mid-December,
> > but there were some production problems).  I've only had a chance to skim
> > through it, but this is already my "If you can only buy one web book this
> > year..." recommendation.
> >
> >   Author: Nielsen, Jakob, 1957-
> >   Title: Designing web usability
> >   Publisher: Indianapolis, Ind. : New Riders, c2000
> >   ISBN: 156205810X
> >
> > If you haven't read any of his articles, you should know that Nielsen
> > simply knows a *lot* about usability in interface design and testing, he
> > insists on usability over pointless flashiness, and on almost any page of
> > the book he not only gives good advice, but also explains the reasons for
> > that advice.  For example, his "Frames: Just Say No" section is followed
> > by the four concepts that determine what a "page" is, all of which are
> > broken by frames, a handful of usability barriers erected by frames, and
> > what exceptions there might be for a no-frames rule.
> >
> > The book includes a ton of screenshots of real-world sites for
> > illustration--both good examples and bad examples--and addresses not just
> > page-writing techniques, but writing style and site design.  The book
> > itself is also beautifully designed, and by the way has the most thorough
> > colophon I've ever seen.  :-)
> >
> > (Also by the way, I've been trying to clean up dead links in Libweb, and I
> > can say that a lot of us need to read the "Supporting Old URLs" section.
> > Far too many libraries have changed their URLs in trivial, dumb ways and
> > have left nothing behind except a 404 Not Found or, worse, a 403 Forbidden
> > message.)
> >
> >
> > Thomas Dowling
> > OhioLINK - Ohio Library and Information Network
> > tdowling at ohiolink.edu
> >
> >
>
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