Prioritizing Web Usability
1st Edition
Published on 20. April 2006
456 pages
978-0-13-279815-0 (ISBN)
Description
In 2000, Jakob Nielsen, the world's leading expert on Web usability, published a book that changed how people think about the Web- Designing Web Usability (New Riders). Many applauded. A few jeered. But everyone listened. The best-selling usability guru is back and has revisited his classic guide, joined forces with Web usability consultant Hoa Loranger, and created an updated companion book that covers the essential changes to the Web and usability today. Prioritizing Web Usability is the guide for anyone who wants to take their Web site(s) to next level and make usability a priority! Through the authors' wisdom, experience, and hundreds of real-world user tests and contemporary Web site critiques, you'll learn about site design, user experience and usability testing, navigation and search capabilities, old guidelines and prioritizing usability issues, page design and layout, content design, and more!
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
College/higher education
ISBN-13
978-0-13-279815-0 (9780132798150)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Jakob Nielsen | Kara Pernice
Eyetracking Web Usability
Book
12/2009
New Riders
€55.07
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Jakob Nielsen | Hoa Loranger
Prioritizing Web Usability
Book
05/2006
New Riders
€44.56
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Persons
Jakob Nielsen is a principal of the Nielsen Norman Group and has been called "the world's leading expert on Web usability" by U.S. News and World Report. His Alertbox column has been published on the Internet since 1995 (www.useit.com). A previous Sun Microsystems Distinguished Engineer, Nielsen is the author of numerous books, including the worldwide best-seller Designing Web Usability (New Riders, 2000).
Hoa Loranger is a User Experience Specialist at Nielsen Norman Group. Loranger consults with well-known companies in various industries including finance, customer support, and entertainment. She conducts international usability research worldwide and gives keynote presentations and tutorials on a variety of Web usability topics. She has also co-authored numerous reports on topics ranging from teenagers' use of the Web to the design of Flash-based applications.
Hoa Loranger is a User Experience Specialist at Nielsen Norman Group. Loranger consults with well-known companies in various industries including finance, customer support, and entertainment. She conducts international usability research worldwide and gives keynote presentations and tutorials on a variety of Web usability topics. She has also co-authored numerous reports on topics ranging from teenagers' use of the Web to the design of Flash-based applications.
Content
Preface
Focus of book
Prioritizing usability issues
Chapter 1: Introduction
Study overview
Thinking aloud
Number of users
25 Web sites
Web wide tasks
Examples of site tasks
Chapter 2: Characterizing the Web User Experience
Say how much people use search, and defer details to later chapter
Differences between low and high experience users
Maybe have a section on different age groups
Chapter 3: Revisiting old guidelines
Chapter 4: Prioritizing Usability Issues
Pie Charts and Rating Scale
Chapter 5: Search
Chapter 6: IA, Navigation, Link Design, Categories
What Works, What Doesn't
Chapter 7: Readability
Chapter 8: Content
Before and After examples
Chapter 9: Product information
Top e-commerce guidelines
Chapter 10: Page design, layout, and graphics
Chapter 11: Simplicity vs. Complexity
Focus of book
Prioritizing usability issues
Chapter 1: Introduction
Study overview
Thinking aloud
Number of users
25 Web sites
Web wide tasks
Examples of site tasks
Chapter 2: Characterizing the Web User Experience
Say how much people use search, and defer details to later chapter
Differences between low and high experience users
Maybe have a section on different age groups
Chapter 3: Revisiting old guidelines
Chapter 4: Prioritizing Usability Issues
Pie Charts and Rating Scale
Chapter 5: Search
Chapter 6: IA, Navigation, Link Design, Categories
What Works, What Doesn't
Chapter 7: Readability
Chapter 8: Content
Before and After examples
Chapter 9: Product information
Top e-commerce guidelines
Chapter 10: Page design, layout, and graphics
Chapter 11: Simplicity vs. Complexity
