Changes to Designing the Obvious by Robert Hoekman Jr.

Timothy Gray edited the characters of Designing the Obvious Wednesday, November 11 2009.

Added a character: Jason Fried
Added a character: Josh Williams

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Timothy Gray edited the ridiculously simplified synopsis of Designing the Obvious Wednesday, November 11 2009.

Added: Designing the obvious isn't as obvious as it should be.

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Kevin approved Timothy Gray’s request to change the title of Designing the Obvious Saturday, October 31 2009.

Title: Designing the ~~Obvious: A Common Sense Approach to Web Application Design~~Obvious
Subtitle: A Common Sense Approach to Web Application Design ( see Kevin’s edits | report abuse )

Timothy Gray edited the books like this book of Designing the Obvious Wednesday, October 21 2009.

Added Designing the Moment: Web Interface Design Concepts in Action
Added Designing for the Social Web
Added Designing Interfaces
Added Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability
Added Web Form Design: Filling in the Blanks
Added Designing Interactions

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Timothy Gray edited the characters of Designing the Obvious Wednesday, October 21 2009.

Edited the description of Jakob Nielsen: usability guru

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Timothy Gray edited the characters of Designing the Obvious Wednesday, October 21 2009.

Changed the section title: Important People
Added a character: Jakob Nielsen

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Timothy Gray edited the table of contents of Designing the Obvious Wednesday, October 21 2009.

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

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Timothy Gray edited the first sentence of Designing the Obvious Wednesday, October 21 2009.

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.

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Timothy Gray edited the glossary of Designing the Obvious Wednesday, October 21 2009.

Added a term: design pattern library
Added a term: contextual inquiry

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Timothy Gray changed the title of Designing the Obvious Saturday, October 10 2009.

Title: Designing the ~~Obvious: A Common Sense Approach to Web Application Design~~Obvious
Subtitle: A Common Sense Approach to Web Application Design Kevin approved this request. ( see Timothy Gray’s edits | report abuse )

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A Common Sense Approach to Web Application Design

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