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Description
Designing the Obvious belongs in the toolbox of every person charged with the design and development of Web-based software, from the CEO to the programming team. Designing the Obvious explores the character traits of great Web applications and uses them as guiding principles of... read more
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Important People
- Jakob Nielsen: usability guru
- Jason Fried: Add a description of this character.
- Josh Williams
First Sentence
Recently, while explaining over dinner what I do for a living, the people around me began relating horror stories about Web sites and software, complaining about the difficult experiences they have every single day with so-called productivity tools.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Defining the Obvious
Chapter 2: Understanding Users, Then Ignore Them
Chapter 3: Build Only What Is Absolutely Necessary
Chapter 4: Support the User's Mental Model
Chapter 5: Turn Beginners Into Intermediates, Immediately
Chapter 6: Handle Errors Wisely
Chapter 7: Design for Uniformity, Consistency, and Meaning
Chapter 8: Reduce and Refine
Chapter 9: Don't Innovate When You Can Elevate
Authors & Contributors
- Robert Hoekman (Author)
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