What books about web user interface design can you recommend?
I know, the technology behind a web site does not really matter for the UI design. But as I'm using ASP.NET, ASP.NET AJAX and jquery, it would be a plus if the book contains examples using these technologies.
I own copies of all of the following and have found them very helpful; have lent them out to others and gotten lots of positive feedback.
Don't Make Me Think - Krug
Defensive Design for the Web - 37signals
The Design of Sites - Duyne, Landay, Hong
Designing the Obvious - Hoekman
The Elements of Graphic Design - White
Grid Systems - Muller-Brockmann
Designing Web Usability - Nielsen
The Design of Everyday Things - Norman
The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman
Why Software Sucks, and what you can do about it by David Platt
There's a new book to be released: Designing Web Interfaces. It looks pretty interesting based on few blog posts: 12 Standard Screen Patterns and 30 Essential Controls.
I was given a copy of The Zen of CSS Design and so far it's been a good read.
Gui Bloopers 2.0: Common User Interface Design Don'ts and Dos by Jeff Johnson is a good list to get you thinking.
Not a book, but an interesting "UX Patterns" site: Quince
Check out my list of good recently published books related to Web development:
A pretty good book I would recommend: "Pro CSS and HTML Design Patterns" by Michael Bowers. It provide the basic blocks to build on with proven cross browser patterns.