Preface

xv Preface

What Is Usability?

Where to Find Detailed User Research

xix Usability Then and Now

xxi Who Should Read This Book?

Ten years ago, the Web was exciting to people. Today it’s routine. It’s a tool. If it’s convenient, they will use it; if not, they won’t. With ten times as many sites and probably a hundred times as many pages on the Web, users are getting less tolerant of difficult sites, so every design flaw means lost business. Usability has become more important than ever.

This book has two goals. The most important is implied by its title: to prioritize our extensive knowledge of Web usability into the essentials that all people need to know if they work on a Web project—whether as designers, marketing managers, programmers, ...

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