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Steve Krug

Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability

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  • soundoffairieshas quoted2 years ago
    Get rid of half the words on each page, then get rid of half of what’s left.

    —KRUG’S THIRD LAW OF USABILITY
  • soundoffairieshas quoted2 years ago
    as long as each click is painless and they have continued confidence that they’re on the right track—following what’s often called the “scent of information.”
  • soundoffairieshas quoted2 years ago
    doesn’t matter how many times I have to click, as long as each click is a mindless, unambiguous choice.

    —KRUG’S SECOND LAW OF USABILITY
  • soundoffairieshas quoted2 years ago
    If you can make something significantly clearer by making it slightly inconsistent, choose in favor of clarity.
  • soundoffairieshas quoted2 years ago
    Innovate when you know you have a better idea, but take advantage of conventions when you don’t.
  • soundoffairieshas quoted2 years ago
    choose the first reasonable option, a strategy known as satisficing.1
  • Вадим Мазурhas quoted2 years ago
    Don’t put labels inside form fields.
  • Вадим Мазурhas quoted2 years ago
    4 In “Harrison Bergeron,” the main character, whose intelligence is “way above normal,” is required by law to wear a “mental handicap radio” in his ear that blasts various loud noises every 20 seconds “to keep people like George from taking unfair advantage of their brains.”
  • Вадим Мазурhas quoted2 years ago
    As I hope you’ve seen by now, the best way to learn how to make anything more usable is to watch people actually try to use it.
  • Вадим Мазурhas quoted2 years ago
    Your primary role should be to share what you know, not to tell people how things should be done.
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