Should be the ones that you really think good!
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Don't Make Me Think by Steve Krug
Bit more general than the scope of this question, but I think it still applies.
Matthew Jones
2009-07-22 15:48:11
Beat me to it -- Absolutely excellent book.
Hugoware
2009-07-22 15:48:56
Its good. But one issue, everyone buys into this book which creates a lack of diversity and insufficient depth of knowledge amongst developers. Resulting in everyone making the same mistakes. Consider other options in addition to this.
ForerMedia
2009-07-23 15:33:20
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I agree with the guy above for Don't Make Me Think -- I thought a link to a sample chapter of the book might be valuable as well.
Hugoware
2009-07-22 15:50:15
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I really liked Designing Web Navigation. Although it deals with just one aspect of web UI, that's often the most important part. Users who can't find their way around your site will quickly leave.
Another excellent choice is Designing Web Interfaces, which just recently came out. I'm still working my way through it, but it's chock full of great advice.
John Feminella
2009-07-22 15:50:31
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It's pretty hard to write a book that's constantly changing. It'd be outdated before it was done being written or published, let alone sold and read.
Instead you should really just be looking for good design blogs, as they will be much more current than any book.
Sneakyness
2009-07-22 15:58:50
An example of such a site would be http://abduzeedo.com/. Most will tend to lean much more heavily towards the graphic part, but look is half of look and feel. YMMV
Sneakyness
2009-07-22 16:06:31
Even more specific is their site of the week section. http://abduzeedo.com/tags/sites-week You aren't going to find some sort of book on "how to design a good interface". Companies with millions of dollars make horrible interfaces, too. You have to know what a good interface is, and then figure out how to make it. It's a state of pseudo-OCD-ness that will ruin lives.
Sneakyness
2009-07-22 16:10:01
I disagree. The basic principles of good UI design never/rarely change. For example, "The Design of Everyday Things" was written in 1988, and while the book is more about usability in general than UI design specifically, the topics that are discussed in the book are every bit as relevant today as they were when the book was written 21 years ago.
bcwood
2009-07-23 15:33:06
He's not looking for something that abstract, otherwise he would have asked for it. He's looking for something specifically devoted to websites.
Sneakyness
2009-07-23 16:29:26
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Here are books that are very highly regarded. I have read some, so agree with other by association.
Subject To Change: Creating Great Products & Services for an Uncertain World by Peter Merholz
Communicating Design: Developing Web Site Documentation for Design and Planning by Dan Brown
Contextual Design: A Customer-Centered Approach to Systems Designs (Interactive Technologies) by Hugh Beyer
Designing Web Navigation: Optimizing the User Experience by James Kalbach and Aaron Gustafson
Designing for Interaction: Creating Smart Applications and Clever Devices (Voices That Matter) by Dan Saffer
Designing for the Social Web (Voices That Matter) by Joshua Porter
Designing Interfaces by Jenifer Tidwell
Designing the Obvious: A Common Sense Approach to Web Application Design by Robert Hoekman Jr.
Designing Web Interfaces By Bill Scott
The Elements of User Experience: User-Centered Design for the Web (Voices That Matter) by Jesse James Garrett
Information Architecture for the World Wide Web: Designing Large-Scale Web Sites by Louis Rosenfeld and Peter Morville
A Project Guide to UX Design: For user experience designers in the field or in the making by Russ Unger and Carolyn Chandler
Don’t Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition by Steve Krug
Measuring the User Experience: Collecting, Analyzing, and Presenting Usability Metrics (Interactive Technologies) by Thomas Tullis
Sketching User Experiences: Getting the Design Right and the Right Design by Bill Buxton
Mental Models: Aligning Design Strategy with Human Behavior by Indi Young
Landing Page Optimization: The Definitive Guide to Testing and Tuning for Conversions by Tim Ash
Web Form Design: Filling in the Blanks by Luke Wroblewski
The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures by Dan Roam
Observing the User Experience: A Practitioner’s Guide to User Research By Mike Kuniavsky
Courtesy of UsabilityNews.
ForerMedia
2009-07-23 15:27:42
wow,it'll take quite a long time to read them all!Do you recommend me to read in the order you listed?
Shore
2009-07-25 22:13:09
ForerMedia
2009-07-27 08:03:42