Homepage Usability: 50 Websites Deconstructed

by Marie Tahir (Author), Jakob Nielsen (Author)

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2001
$34.20

The book begins with a briefing on Jakob's web usability principles, themselves culled from years of research. The 50 sites fall under such categories as Fortune 500 Sites, Highest-Traffic Sites, and E-Commerce Sites.
The content is simply presented: Four book pages are devoted to each homepage. The first page is a clean screenshot of the site's homepage (for readers to make their own, unbiased judgments), followed by a page that explains the site's purpose and summarizes its success--or failure--at usabilty. The third and fourth pages are devoted to crtiques, where Jakob and Marie present no-holds-barred commentary for specific usability practices, as well as suggestions for improvement. Although only the homepage of each site is analyzed, many of the critiques can be applied to overall website design.

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The book begins with a briefing on Jakob's web usability principles, themselves culled from years of research. The 50 sites fall under such categories as Fortune 500 Sites, Highest-Traffic Sites, and E-Commerce Sites.
The content is simply presented: Four book pages are devoted to each homepage. The first page is a clean screenshot of the site's homepage (for readers to make their own, unbiased judgments), followed by a page that explains the site's purpose and summarizes its success--or failure--at usabilty. The third and fourth pages are devoted to crtiques, where Jakob and Marie present no-holds-barred commentary for specific usability practices, as well as suggestions for improvement. Although only the homepage of each site is analyzed, many of the critiques can be applied to overall website design.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 336
Edition: 1
Publisher: New Riders
Published: 05 Nov 2001
ISBN 10: 073571102X
ISBN 13: 9780735711020
Book Overview:

Designing Web Usability got the message across: Web usability cannot be ignored. In his travels, the most frequently asked questions Jakob receives concern what he thinks about the designs of particular (often high-profile) Web sites. This book is a perfect response to that expressed audience desire and is a wonderfully concise and visually compelling learning tool furthering the message of usability. The fifty-five sites fall under categories of Media sites; entertainment sites; technology sites; business sites. The content is simply presented: Two-page spreads, each dedicated to a specific Web site's homepage. Only the homepage of each site is analyzed.

Author Bio

Dr. Jakob Nielsen

Jakob is principal of Nielsen Norman Group; he was previously a Sun Microsystems Distinguished Engineer. Nielsen's Alertbox column about web usability has been published on the Internet since 1995 (http://www.useit.com). Nielsen has been called the world's leading expert on web usability (U.S. News & World Report), the guru of Web page usability (The New York Times), and he knows more about what makes web sites work than anyone else on the planet (Chicago Tribune).

Marie Tahir

Marie is Director of Strategy at Nielsen Norman Group, where she has focused on B2B and B2C user experience redesign. She previously managed the Human Factors group at Intuit, Inc., where she introduced and taught user centered design methodology and oversaw the user experience of the TurboTax, ProSeries, and QuickenLoans product lines. Prior to Intuit, Marie was at Lotus Development Corp., where she pioneered field research and user profiling methodology and was responsible for the usability of the SmartSuite product line. She is the co-author of Bringing the Users' Work to Us: Usability Roundtables at Lotus Development in Wixon and Ramey's Field Methods Casebook for Software Design.