What a fantastic book on web usability! I found many designers consider it being a usability bible – and they probably know why.
I read this book back in 2006 and since that time it has its special place in my bookcase. It helped me to understand why should we bother with usability and user experience and generally influenced my view of design not as just visual discipline of aesthetics, but rather a problem-solving discipline.
What I learned from “Don’t Make Me Think”?
- why is navigation so important, how to use tabs and breadcrumb navigation
- how to start with usability tests even in small web team
- what to take on account when designing homepage
- a bit about the psychology of how users behave on web – how users doesn’t want to stop to make decisions and think
The book is short but very informative, with lots of bullet points, colour illustrations and cartoons. I think anybody involved in user interface / interaction or experience design should read it.
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