Web Bloopers: 60 Common Web Design Mistakes, and How to Avoid Them (Interactive Technologies) - Softcover

Johnson, Jeff

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1558608400 ISBN 13: 9781558608405

Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann, 2003

Synopsis

The dot.com crash of 2000 was a wake-up call, and told us that the Web has far to go before achieving the acceptance predicted for it in '95. A large part of what is missing is quality; a primary component of the missing quality is usability. The Web is not nearly as easy to use as it needs to be for the average person to rely on it for everyday information, commerce, and entertainment.

In response to strong feedback from readers of GUI BLOOPERS calling for a book devoted exclusively to Web design bloopers, Jeff Johnson calls attention to the most frequently occurring and annoying design bloopers from real web sites he has worked on or researched. Not just a critique of these bloopers and their sites, this book shows how to correct or avoid the blooper and gives a detailed analysis of each design problem.

Hear Jeff Johnson's interview podcast on software and website usability at the University of Canterbury (25 min.)

• Discusses in detail 60 of the most common and critical web design mistakes, along with the solutions, challenges, and tradeoffs associated with them.
• Covers important subject areas such as: content, task-support, navigation, forms, searches, writing, link appearance, and graphic design and layout.
• Organized and formatted based on the results of its own usability test performed by web designers themselves.
• Features its own web site (www.web-bloopers.com)with new and emerging web design no-no's (because new bloopers are born every day) along with a much requested printable blooper checklist for web designers and developers to use.

About this title

Book Description:

Provides web designers with the do's and don'ts of designing web site graphic-user interfaces (GUI)

From the Back Cover:

Engaging, Educational, Enjoyable, Erudite: Excellent!--Dr. Jakob Nielsen, Nielsen Norman Group

Many of the examples are priceless ― just reading them made my blood boil with recognition--Howard Tamler, Principal, HT Consulting
Will your web site pass the test? Or will site visitors be gnashing their teeth and shaking their fists? Will any customers ever come back to your site? Save yourself the embarrassment and don't be caught with your Web Bloopers showing. Read this book and find out now if your web site commits any heinous bloopers.

This book is not just about how to make web sites pretty, nor is it just another tirade about what is wrong with the web. It goes in-depth and grapples with challenging usability issues at the heart of many web bloopers. It offers solid sound advice on avoiding or fixing these problems. It is written with a sense of humor and is sprinkled with relevant cartoons along with numerous screen images illustrating the problems and their solutions. Reading this book will help make your web sites better.

Features:
* Discusses in detail 60 of the most common and critical web design mistakes, along with the solutions, challenges, and tradeoffs associated with them.

* Covers important subject areas such as: content, task-support, navigation, forms, searches, writing, link appearance, and graphic design and layout.

* Organized and formatted based on the results of its own usability test performed by web designers themselves.

* Features it's own web site (www.web-bloopers.com)with new and emerging web design no-no's (because new bloopers are born every day) along with a much requested printable blooper checklist for web designers and developers to use.

About this edition

• Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1558608400
• ISBN 13: 9781558608405
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 344