Amazon Books
The following books, available through Amazon.com,
are highly recommended as starting points to implementing proven design
techniques and content management strategies.
Designing
Web Usability: The Practice of Simplicity
Jakob Nielsen
Review: "Creating
Web sites is easy. Creating sites that truly
meet the needs and expectations of the wide
range of online users is quite another story.
In Designing Web Usability: The Practice
of Simplicity, renowned Web usability guru
Jakob Nielsen shares his insightful thoughts
on the subject. Packed with annotated examples
of actual Web sites, this book sets out many
of the design precepts all Web developers should
follow."
Don't
Make Me Think!
Steve Krug
Review: "Usability design is one of the most important — yet
often least attractive — tasks for a Web developer. In Don't
Make Me Think, author Steve Krug lightens up the subject with good humor
and excellent, to-the-point examples...Using an attractive mix of full-color
screen shots, cute cartoons and diagrams, and informative sidebars, the book
keeps your attention and drives home some crucial points."
Homepage
Usability: 50 Web Sites Deconstructed
Jakob Nielsen
Review: "While there is a plethora of books available that provide
tips on Web design, most authors leave a significant gap between the theory
and practice — a gap that is left up to the reader to fill. Homepage
Usability: 50 Web Sites Deconstructed boldly steps into that gap with specific
observations and suggestions backed with solid quantitative analysis. This
book focuses only on home page design as the most important point of presence
for any Web site."
Learning
Web Design: A Beginners Guide to HTML Graphics and Beyond
Jennifer Niederst
Review: In Learning Web Design, author Jennifer Niederst shares
the knowledge she's gained from years of Web design experience, both as a designer
and a teacher. This book starts from the beginning, defining the Internet,
the Web, browsers and URLs, so you don't need to have any previous knowledge
about how the Web works. After reading this book, you'll have a solid foundation
in HTML, graphics and design principles that you can immediately put to use
in creating effective Web pages.
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