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		<title>Book Review: Don&#8217;t Make Me Think &#8212; Steve Krug</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2009 18:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
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A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition by Steve Krug
Learn quickly what makes for usable websites
&#8220;Don&#8217;t make me think&#8221; is the crux of website design and usability. Surfers are looking for particular information. They don&#8217;t read; they scan. If they get confused, they leave. 
This is a slim, easy-to-read book that provides several [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0321344758/?tag=opeminreq-20" target="_blank"><img src="http://openmindrequired.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/0321344758.jpg" alt="" title="Don't Make Me Think" width="107" height="160" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-336" /></a><br />
<h2>A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition by Steve Krug</h2>
<p><img class="alignleft" src="http://openmindrequired.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/4stars.gif" ></a><strong>Learn quickly what makes for usable websites</strong></p>
<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t make me think&#8221; is the crux of website design and usability. Surfers are looking for particular information. They don&#8217;t read; they scan. If they get confused, they leave. </p>
<p>This is a slim, easy-to-read book that provides several rules for creating sticky websites and gives graphical representations of good and bad design. </p>
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<p>As a novice at website design, I found the book full of useful information, and I recommend it or <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0123694868/?tag=opeminreq-20" target="_blank">Letting Go of the Words: Writing Web Content that Works (Interactive Technologies) (Interactive Technologies)</a>. </p>
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<p>Buy <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0321344758/?tag=opeminreq-20" target="_blank">Don&#8217;t Make Me Think</a>.</p>
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