Designing the Obvious: A Common Sense Approach to Web Application Design
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| Rating | : | 4.71 (756 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 032145345X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 264 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-01 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
These principles include building only whats necessary, getting users up to speed quickly, preventing and handling errors, and designing for the activity. Instead, it offers practical advice about how to achieve the qualities of great Web-based applications and consistently and successfully reproduce them.. Designing the Obvious explores the character traits of great Web applications and uses them as guiding principles of application design so the end result of every project instills customer satisfaction and loyalty. Designing the Obvious does not offer a one-size-fits-all development process--in fact, it lets you use whatever process you like. 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
He gives in-house training sessions and has spoken at industry events all over the world, including An Event Apart, Voices That Matter, Web App Summit, SXSW, Future of Web Design, and many more.Robert is the author of Designing the Moment (New Riders) (rhjr/s/dtm), a collection of 31 stories on design solutions from real projects and t
One of the best and most usable titles on User Experience Design From 9 to 5 (well, a "little" after 5 most days), I am an Application Development Manager in my company. In my years doing this, I have read a lot of books on the topic of Web and User Experience Design. So far, only a handful stand out above "Designing the Obvious" by Robert Hoekman Jr. and even some of those, he takes his hat off to (such as the case of "Don't Make Me Think", for instance).Hoekman proposes the "unthinkable" for those entrenched into rusty web design practices, but when you step back and reconsider the experiences you've had, his framework makes perfect sense. Here are a couple of thoughts he b. A Must Read Even this book is meant for web UI designers, I think that it is a must read for any developer that has an application with a UI. The concepts and examples will really make you think about how you have designed your applications in the past.This book is extremely easy to read and is well organized. The book starts out with a great overview of what the rest of the book will talk about in detail. After just reading the overview I was able to have discuss with other team members that had read the whole book cause we had a common vocabulary. As I have gotten further into the book, I am referencing it on a daily basi. "I want my whole team to read this!!" according to James Hall. I love this book for it's brevity, clarity and simplicity. While everything in this book is obvious and common sense, it is still amazingly useful. You should not underestimate your minds ability to ignore and distort such obvious things, especially when we are emotionally invested in the product. Reading this book is helpful when starting or reviewing a product.
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