On 27 April 2010 18:21, tedd <tedd.sperling@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > At 4:31 PM +0200 4/27/10, Peter Lind wrote: >> >> While I love to rant at stupid users, the truth is probably that >> programmers are the ones who should take courses in how users think. >> In the end, if I fail to understand my users, it doesn't matter how >> great my program is: they'll still fail to use it. Anyway, those are >> just truisms :) Nothing new under the sun. >> >> Regards >> Peter > > > Peter: > > You're right on. I just read three books on the subject: > > 1. "Don't Make Me Think" by Steve Krug. > > This is a somewhat dated book, but his perspective is "right-on" and is the > basis for understanding usability. +1. Great book that is. > 2. "Neuro Web Design" bu Susan M. Weinschenk". > > The theory behind why people do what they do is explained in great detail in > this book. It makes a great book to read regardless of if you're trying to > sell something on the net or elsewhere. However, this book is focused on > selling things to people via the net. Will have to look at that, sounds interesting. > 3. "Rocket Surgery Made Easy" by Steve Krug. > > This is the second book in Steve's "How to do it yourself" in usability > studies. It will give you exactly what you need to do to set up inexpensive > usability studies. Usability studies are important in software and web > design. > > If developers (and clients) read those books, we would have less problems > dealing with users. > Haven't read his second, guess I should :) Thanks for the recommendations. Regards Peter -- <hype> WWW: http://plphp.dk / http://plind.dk LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/plind Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fake51 BeWelcome: Fake51 Couchsurfing: Fake51 </hype> -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
