Steve Krug

Offers observations and solutions to fundamental Web design problems, as well as a new chapter about mobile Web design.

A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability

Don't Make Me Think, Revisited

Since Don’t Make Me Think was first published in 2000, hundreds of thousands of Web designers and developers have relied on usability guru Steve Krug’s guide to help them understand the principles of intuitive navigation and information design. Witty, commonsensical, and eminently practical, it’s one of the best-loved and most recommended books on the subject. Now Steve returns with fresh perspective to reexamine the principles that made Don’t Make Me Think a classic–with updated examples and a new chapter on mobile usability. And it’s still short, profusely illustrated…and best of all–fun to read. If you’ve read it before, you’ll rediscover what made Don’t Make Me Think so essential to Web designers and developers around the world. If you’ve never read it, you’ll see why so many people have said it should be required reading for anyone working on Web sites. “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.” –Jeffrey Zeldman, author of Designing with Web Standards

Nicat Manafov

Casper Lourens

Katherine Yang

anything published about the internet is immediately out of date, but good and true points are made nevertheless

I often recommend and reference this book especially in situations when there’s a desire to put a lot of text in apps or websites—People don’t read, they scan. 

Throughout the book, Steve writes about how to make navigation and information architecture user-friendly in an easy-to-grasp way, with humor and always from the user's perspective.

David Mendes

I often recommend and reference this book especially in situations when there’s a desire to put a lot of text in apps or websites—People don’t read, they scan. 

Throughout the book, Steve writes about how to make navigation and information architecture user-friendly in an easy-to-grasp way, with humor and always from the user's perspective.

This one is a classic must read for designers, developers and anyone who is into tech in general. The book is easy and fun to read and lays out clearly defined best practices in design industry and the author also explains why things are being done in such way. 

There are also a notable number of principles and guidelines to follow in order to make a comprehensible and successful product.

Mudita

I understand why the author chose to call his consulting firm Advanced Common Sense. The entire book is mostly just him pointing out factors that affect usability that sound simple enough (once they have been pointed out). 
The sections about usability testing and accessibility were educational but the rest of the book seemed irrelevant with respect to the current state of mobile and web.

Swastik

Loved this book! A lot of actionable information.

If you're building anything that's to do with the web, you should read this. It's a very easy read. Even if you know UI design well, Don't Make Me Think should help you recap a lot of the basics and maybe even offer a couple of nuggets of wisdom!

Ahmed Salem

The book is full of concepts, not tips. That means you will have to refresh your mind and start reading it as a faction book, not a speedy web designer tips sheet. After all it is full of fantastic and basic concepts for successful web design

雪 xue

key concepts are p self explanatory and can be found on articles all over medium at this point + p outdated references to technology

Bryan Maniotakis

While it may be a bit basic, I would strongly recommend this to anyone getting started in UX.

Maria

не знаю даже, что сказать. с одной стороны - классика, с другой - outdated and really basic. несмотря на то, что читала уже второе издание. исправленное и дополненное, всё равно очень видно, что основной текст создавался в конце 90-х. особенно смешно это было на моментах с примерами, где автор показывает сайты в стиле "было-стало", а там оба совершенно вырвиглазные, с мелкими шрифтами вот этими и прочими прелестями интернета двадцатилетней давности (ах, молодость, молодость)

ничего особо нового не узнала я за время прочтения - в основном потому, что описанные принципы уже реально настолько базовые, что даже человек, который никогда сайты не делал, все равно представляет себе, что текста должно быть поменьше, а навигация - интуитивно понятная

больше всего понравился момент про юзабилити-тестирование. в книге приведен сценарий такого тестирования, и вот там ведущий спрашивает у женщины по имени сьюзен: какие сайты в интернете вы посещаете?

и сьюзен отвечает: мне нравится yahoo, а также сайт snakes.com, потому что у меня живет ручной питон

Offers observations and solutions to fundamental Web design problems, such as how to design pages for scanning, how to eliminate needless words, and how to streamline design for user navigation, while revealing why most Web design team arguments about usability are a waste of time.

Don't Make Me Think!

Steven Ovadia

An easy-to-read book that covers the basics. While some of the topics are outdated, it's an informative book for aspiring designers and front-end developers. Rather than reading simple articles on Medium, it makes more sense to read this book that combines the basics.

If you have sufficient experience in this field, you may get bored because some subjects are repeated.

João Ferreira

As the author admits, this is a book about common sense. However, we often forget what we know because of other business priorities or due to a too narrow focus on a particular feature we're building.

This book does a great job reminding us of all that is obvious in retrospect: it's concise, logical, illustrative and funny at times. Recommended read if you've got any influence whatsoever in an interface's design.

Most of the specific design advice feels outdated, though the chapters for usability testing still ring true. I’ll probably pull this book back from the shelf again if I’ll do some usability testing in the future.

Muhannad Helvaci

As I have been in the field for more than 7 years this book felt really superficial and it can be summarized in 40 pages maximum. I would suggest this book for the beginners.

Michael Schoelkopf

JP Juinio

Diogo Maia Caetano

Róbert Istók

Ognjen Klisara

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

Don't Make Me Think, Revisited A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability

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