Dont-make-me-think-second-edition

Don’t Make Me Think! a common sense approach to web usability SECOND EDITION

Steve Krug

New Riders Publishing Berkeley, California USA

Don't Make Me Think! A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, Second Edition © 2006 Steve Krug New Riders 1249 Eighth Street Berkeley, CA 94710 510/524-2178 800/283-9444 510/524-2221 (fax) Find us on the Web at www.peachpit.com To report errors, please send a note to [e-mail] New Riders is an imprint of Peachpit, a division of Pearson Education. Editor: Karen Whitehouse Production Editor: Lisa Brazieal Interior Design and Composition: Allison D. Cecil Illustrations by Mark Matcho Farnham fonts provided by The Font Bureau, Inc. (www.fontbureau.com) Notice of Rights All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. For information on getting permission for reprints and excerpts, contact [e-mail]. Notice of Liability The information in this book is distributed on an “As Is” basis, without warranty. While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of the book, neither the author nor Peachpit shall have any liability to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by the instructions contained in this book or by the computer software and hardware products described in it. Trademarks Throughout this book, trademarks are used. Rather than put a trademark symbol in every occurrence of a trademarked name, we state that we are using the names in an editorial fashion only and to the benefit of the trademark owner with no intention of infringement of the trademark. No such use, or the use of any trade name is intended to convey endorsement or other affiliation with this book. ISBN 0-321-34475-8 9 Printed and bound in the United States of America

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