Prioritizing Web Usability

Author : Jakob Nielsen,Hoa Loranger
Publisher : Pearson Education
Page : 667 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2006-04-20
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780132798150

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Prioritizing Web Usability by Jakob Nielsen,Hoa Loranger Pdf

In 2000, Jakob Nielsen, the world’s leading expert on Web usability, published a book that changed how people think about the Web— Designing Web Usability (New Riders). Many applauded. A few jeered. But everyone listened. The best-selling usability guru is back and has revisited his classic guide, joined forces with Web usability consultant Hoa Loranger, and created an updated companion book that covers the essential changes to the Web and usability today. Prioritizing Web Usability is the guide for anyone who wants to take their Web site(s) to next level and make usability a priority! Through the authors’ wisdom, experience, and hundreds of real-world user tests and contemporary Web site critiques, you’ll learn about site design, user experience and usability testing, navigation and search capabilities, old guidelines and prioritizing usability issues, page design and layout, content design, and more!

Author : Jakob Nielsen
Publisher : New Riders Publishing
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : User interfaces (Computer systems).
ISBN : UOM:39015047432375

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Designing Web Usability by Jakob Nielsen Pdf

A guide to creating user-friendly web sites that provides information on how companies can ensure their web sites are easy to locate and navigate.

Author : Jakob Nielsen,Kara Pernice
Publisher : New Riders
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2010-04-26
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780321714077

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Eyetracking Web Usability by Jakob Nielsen,Kara Pernice Pdf

Eyetracking Web Usability is based on one of the largest studies of eyetracking usability in existence. Best-selling author Jakob Nielsen and coauthor Kara Pernice used rigorous usability methodology and eyetracking technology to analyze 1.5 million instances where users look at Web sites to understand how the human eyes interact with design. Their findings will help designers, software developers, writers, editors, product managers, and advertisers understand what people see or don’t see, when they look, and why. With their comprehensive three-year study, the authors confirmed many known Web design conventions and the book provides additional insights on those standards. They also discovered important new user behaviors that are revealed here for the first time. Using compelling eye gaze plots and heat maps, Nielsen and Pernice guide the reader through hundreds of examples of eye movements, demonstrating why some designs work and others don’t. They also provide valuable advice for page layout, navigation menus, site elements, image selection, and advertising. This book is essential reading for anyone who is serious about doing business on the Web.

Author : Jakob Nielsen,Raluca Budiu
Publisher : Pearson Education
Page : 595 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-09
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780133122176

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Mobile Usability by Jakob Nielsen,Raluca Budiu Pdf

How do we create a satisfactory user experience when limited to a small device? This new guide focuses on usability for mobile devices, primarily smartphones and touchphones, and covers such topics as developing a mobile strategy, designing for small screens, writing for mobile, usability comparisons, and looking toward the future. The book includes 228-full color illustrations to demonstrate the points. Based on expert reviews and international studies with participants ranging from students to early technology adopters and business people using websites on a variety of mobile devices, this guide offers a complete look at the landscape for a mobile world. Author Jakob Nielsen is considered one of the world's leading experts on Web usability. He is the author of numerous best-selling books, including Prioritizing Web Usability and the groundbreaking Designing Web Usability, which has sold more than 250,000 copies and has been translated in 22 languages.

Author : Tom Brinck,Darren Gergle,Scott D. Wood
Publisher : Morgan Kaufmann
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Computers
ISBN : 1558606580

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Designing Web Sites that Work by Tom Brinck,Darren Gergle,Scott D. Wood Pdf

Every stage in the design of a new web site is an opportunity to meet or miss deadlines and budgetary goals. Every stage is an opportunity to boost or undercut the site's usability. This book tells you how to design usable web sites in a systematic process applicable to almost any business need. You get practical advice on managing the project and incorporating usability principles from the project's inception. This systematic usability process for web design has been developed by the authors and proven again and again in their own successful businesses. A beacon in a sea of web design titles, this book treats web site usability as a preeminent, practical, and realizable business goal, not a buzzword or abstraction. The book is written for web designers and web project managers seeking a balance between usability goals and business concerns. * Examines the entire spectrum of usability issues, including architecture, navigation, graphical presentation, and page structure. * Explains clearly the steps relevant to incorporating usability into every stage of the web development process, from requirements to tasks analysis, prototyping and mockups, to user testing, revision, and even postlaunch evaluations. * Includes forms, checklists, and practical techniques that you can easily incorporate into your own projects at http://www.mkp.com/uew/.

Author : Jakob Nielsen
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1994-11-11
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780080520292

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Usability Engineering by Jakob Nielsen Pdf

Written by the author of the best-selling HyperText & HyperMedia, this book is an excellent guide to the methods of usability engineering. The book provides the tools needed to avoid usability surprises and improve product quality. Step-by-step information on which method to use at various stages during the development lifecycle are included, along with detailed information on how to run a usability test and the unique issues relating to international usability. * Emphasizes cost-effective methods that developers can implement immediately * Instructs readers about which methods to use when, throughout the development lifecycle, which ultimately helps in cost-benefit analysis. * Shows readers how to avoid the four most frequently listed reasons for delay in software projects. * Includes detailed information on how to run a usability test. * Covers unique issues of international usability. * Features an extensive bibliography allowing readers to find additional information. * Written by an internationally renowned expert in the field and the author of the best-selling HyperText & HyperMedia.

Author : Jakob Nielsen,Marie Tahir
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Business enterprises
ISBN : 073571102X

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Homepage Usability by Jakob Nielsen,Marie Tahir Pdf

Author : Jon Yablonski
Publisher : O'Reilly Media
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-21
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781492055280

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Laws of UX by Jon Yablonski Pdf

An understanding of psychology—specifically the psychology behind how users behave and interact with digital interfaces—is perhaps the single most valuable nondesign skill a designer can have. The most elegant design can fail if it forces users to conform to the design rather than working within the "blueprint" of how humans perceive and process the world around them. This practical guide explains how you can apply key principles in psychology to build products and experiences that are more intuitive and human-centered. Author Jon Yablonski deconstructs familiar apps and experiences to provide clear examples of how UX designers can build experiences that adapt to how users perceive and process digital interfaces. You’ll learn: How aesthetically pleasing design creates positive responses The principles from psychology most useful for designers How these psychology principles relate to UX heuristics Predictive models including Fitts’s law, Jakob’s law, and Hick’s law Ethical implications of using psychology in design A framework for applying these principles

Author : Steve Krug
Publisher : Pearson Education
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2009-08-05
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780321648785

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Don't Make Me Think by Steve Krug Pdf

Five years and more than 100,000 copies after it was first published, it's hard to imagine anyone working in Web design who hasn't read Steve Krug's "instant classic" on Web usability, but people are still discovering it every day. In this second edition, Steve adds three new chapters in the same style as the original: wry and entertaining, yet loaded with insights and practical advice for novice and veteran alike. Don't be surprised if it completely changes the way you think about Web design. Three New Chapters! Usability as common courtesy -- Why people really leave Web sites Web Accessibility, CSS, and you -- Making sites usable and accessible Help! My boss wants me to ______. -- Surviving executive design whims "I thought usability was the enemy of design until I read the first edition of this book. Don't Make Me Think! showed me how to put myself in the position of the person who uses my site. After reading it over a couple of hours and putting its ideas to work for the past five years, I can say it has done more to improve my abilities as a Web designer than any other book. In this second edition, Steve Krug adds essential ammunition for those whose bosses, clients, stakeholders, and marketing managers insist on doing the wrong thing. If you design, write, program, own, or manage Web sites, you must read this book." -- Jeffrey Zeldman, author of Designing with Web Standards

Author : Giles Colborne
Publisher : New Riders
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2010-09-16
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780321714152

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Simple and Usable Web, Mobile, and Interaction Design by Giles Colborne Pdf

In a complex world, products that are easy to use win favor with consumers. This is the first book on the topic of simplicity aimed specifically at interaction designers. It shows how to drill down and simplify user experiences when designing digital tools and applications. It begins by explaining why simplicity is attractive, explores the laws of simplicity, and presents proven strategies for achieving simplicity. Remove, hide, organize and displace become guidelines for designers, who learn simplicity by seeing before and after examples and case studies where the results speak for themselves.

Author : G. G. Chowdhury,Sudatta Chowdhury
Publisher : Facet Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2011-09-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781856045971

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Information Users and Usability in the Digital Age by G. G. Chowdhury,Sudatta Chowdhury Pdf

Information users and usability constitute the main building blocks of today's electronic information world. This important new text is the first to give a holistic overview of all of the necessary issues relating to information users and the usability of information services in the digital world, including user-centred design, and the characteristics and behaviour of information users. This book helps readers understand why information users and the usability of information services are important and equips them to play a proper role in designing user-centred information systems and services and to properly exploit information services for the maximum benefit of users. It covers all of the major issues, the current situation and what the various research studies from around the world show.

Author : Richard Rutter,Patrick H. Lauke,Cynthia Waddell,Jim Thatcher,Shawn Lawton Henry,Bruce Lawson,Andrew Kirkpatrick,Christian Heilmann,Michael R. Burks,Bob Regan,Mark Urban
Publisher : Apress
Page : 686 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2007-03-19
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781430201885

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Web Accessibility by Richard Rutter,Patrick H. Lauke,Cynthia Waddell,Jim Thatcher,Shawn Lawton Henry,Bruce Lawson,Andrew Kirkpatrick,Christian Heilmann,Michael R. Burks,Bob Regan,Mark Urban Pdf

Web accessibility not just morally sound – there are legal obligations as well Very large potential audience, consisting of web developers and business managers Very little competition to this book

Author : Steve Mulder,Ziv Yaar
Publisher : New Riders
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2006-08-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780132798280

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The User is Always Right by Steve Mulder,Ziv Yaar Pdf

How do we ensure that our Web sites actually give users what they need? What are the best ways to understand our users' goals, behaviors, and attitudes, and then turn that understanding into business results? Personas bring user research to life and make it actionable, ensuring we're making the right decisions based on the right information. This practical guide explains how to create and use personas to make your site more successful. The User Is Always Right: A Practical Guide to Creating and Using Personas takes you through each step of persona creation, including tips for conducting qualitative user research, new ways to apply quantitative research (such as surveys) to persona creation, various methods for generating persona segmentation, and proven techniques for making personas realistic. You'll also learn how to use personas effectively, from directing overall business strategy and prioritizing features and content to making detailed decisions about information architecture, content, and design.

Author : Bill Albert,Tom Tullis
Publisher : Newnes
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-23
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780124157927

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Measuring the User Experience by Bill Albert,Tom Tullis Pdf

Measuring the User Experience was the first book that focused on how to quantify the user experience. Now in the second edition, the authors include new material on how recent technologies have made it easier and more effective to collect a broader range of data about the user experience. As more UX and web professionals need to justify their design decisions with solid, reliable data, Measuring the User Experience provides the quantitative analysis training that these professionals need. The second edition presents new metrics such as emotional engagement, personas, keystroke analysis, and net promoter score. It also examines how new technologies coming from neuro-marketing and online market research can refine user experience measurement, helping usability and user experience practitioners make business cases to stakeholders. The book also contains new research and updated examples, including tips on writing online survey questions, six new case studies, and examples using the most recent version of Excel. Learn which metrics to select for every case, including behavioral, physiological, emotional, aesthetic, gestural, verbal, and physical, as well as more specialized metrics such as eye-tracking and clickstream data Find a vendor-neutral examination of how to measure the user experience with web sites, digital products, and virtually any other type of product or system Discover in-depth global case studies showing how organizations have successfully used metrics and the information they revealed Companion site, www.measuringux.com, includes articles, tools, spreadsheets, presentations, and other resources to help you effectively measure the user experience

Author : Kristofer Layon
Publisher : New Riders
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780133509892

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Digital Product Management by Kristofer Layon Pdf

Product management improves the odds that your web sites and apps will be successful, and affirms the value that design brings to organizations and companies. App stores overflow with apps, and the Web seems to have more sites, content, and applications than people could possibly need. So how do you know that you are designing things that will be useful and, ultimately, successful? That’s where product management comes in. Use market research to identify problems that people and organizations are really having, and then apply your creative and technical experience to design digital products that meet those needs with high levels of customer satisfaction Includes a foreword by Whitney Hess, founder and principal of the user experience consultancy Vicarious Partners, and the author of the Pleasure & Pain blog at www.whitneyhess.com/blog.