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Steve krug explains what you have to do in his wonderfully approachable style. This book shows you how in a clear, succinct and practical way. It practices what it preaches.
There is nothing like seeing the way people use and * a website to make you realise that maybe you weren't as clear as you thought. This is user testing on the cheap for people who work in different areas of web development. Still the most concise and... Read More
Steve krug's methodology does for usability testing what james bach's rapid software testing does for other types of software testing. Shows you step-by-step exactly how to facilitate usability testing and collate the results into an action plan. All ... Read More
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If youre doing any sort of product development and youre not doing customer research yet you should read this
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This book shows you how to test your website on your own simply and cheaply and if it does nothing else for you other than persuade you to start testing your webpages then its worth 10 times the cost of the book
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It was my first direct attempt at running usability testing when i got this book
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Maybe youve inherited a poor site web application or you know and promote the basics but people usually with more power and ego than sense override best practice insisting on something they want how do you then identify test and prioritise issues and correct them in the longterm
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I bought this book after reading the dont make me think book by same author
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If youre looking for an introduction to usability as a whole though dmmt is the better option
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You feel like some authors might have made this book 5 times longer and repeated themselves or padded it out but not this
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The book is read within a few hours but the contents will last for life
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Having done a fair number of user tests now without being taught specific techniques i agree that the best way to learn how to test something is to plan it out find some real users and learn from actually doing it
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