[WEB4LIB] Re: Nielsen's new book

[Patricia Husband 504-231-3720]

>From Books in Print:

Author  Nielsen, Jakob  
Title  Designing Websites with Authority  
Subtitle  Secrets of an Information Architect  
Publisher: New Riders Publishing
ISBN  156205810X  
Price: $45.00
 


Patricia Husband
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On Wed, 5 Jan 2000, Mark Gooch wrote:

> 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... >;-)
> > ======================
> >
> > 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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