Helped to understand the importance of good Usability and UI for Web apps and part of Mobile apps.

I found this book to be more fascinating and readable than I expected. I appreciated it's insight and how it communicated information in a fun and interesting way.

Ironic that this book makes the reader think - think about design and views on life, all at once. An excellent book for stimulating the brain to think and view the world in new ways.

An incredible read! Of all the books I have read thus far in 2020, this book has been the most refreshing read. It discusses the importance, do’s and don’ts, and challenges and mitigation of user experience design in a very simple, interactive, and graphic way. For my generation this book will invoke responses such as, “oh! That’s why this is the way it is!” pretty often. For people in my parents generation, it would bring about a much required level computing and design literacy. I strongly recommend anyone reading this review to read this book soon!

This book lays out some clear and obviously effective principles of usability that I would definitely look over before tackling interface design. Krug reminds us that ‘ease of use’ is easily the make or break deal for any website. “It’s a fact: People won’t use your web site if they can’t find their way around it.” Here we get proof again, that user experience is the key to any successful type of website.

While some of the stuff may be obvious, or maybe just be obvious to me, I found his style to be amusing and a reflection of what really goes on in the head of the designer when it comes to designing and the politics surrounding it. His axioms are helpful for any beginners trying to rehaul a horribly designed website, but they don’t help with any complex problems of interaction. Perhaps Steve Krug willl explain those in another book.

More than finding the book useful for myself, the book is actually a good way to bridge understanding between yourself and non-designers. In fact, I came up with this 1-page summary of Don't Make Me Think here.

easy, brief, too the point.

For what is worth, I think the information is very useful and some of it is kinda up to date but at the same time it is mostly about web design. If you are looking for info/advice for platform UX this is not a book for you. It took me more than a year to finish it since it wasn’t that interesting for me and what I’m working on.

The book was a short, quick and easy read that can easily be finished on a plane ride. It's in full color with a couple of helpful diagrams, but I mostly found the comics in it annoying and patronizing. A lot of what Krug brings up in the first half seems like common sense, but he does delve deeper into some points, which may be helpful for some.

The most valuable information I found in Don't Make Me Think was the little quizzes in the middle of the book where readers are presented with sample websites and asked what was wrong or needed improvement. Krug walks through important aspects of those sites in a clear and concise manner. I wish that more of the book was made up of examples like those.

Books about design need to pass one critical test. They must be well-designed, and this book is. Among the bits of knowledge Krug sprinkles, good web design is like the layout in a big box store, you should be able to look up and find signs that point you in the right direction. There is one crucial different between a brick and mortar store and its online counterpart: if you can’t navigate your way to what you want in a store, you can always ask someone. On the web that’s not possible, so web sites live and die by how easy they are to use.

Here’s an insight: most people think users hate making lots of clicks to find their way to way to what they want. Not true. Users want to know that the search will be fruitful. They also want to find the right links intiatively and they want to be able to retrace their steps quickly if they turn down a wrong alley.

I strongly recommend this book for anyone, novices and experts, who are serious about web design.

My only regret is that I didn’t read this book before I started to develop my company’s portal.

Great primer or refresher course. Doesn’t go too deep but instead quickly to the point.

عندما فتحت المساحة المخصصة للمراجعة كنت أنوي الكتابة بالإنجليزية، لكن دافع قومي ربما جعلني أكتب بالعربية
الكتاب جيد و دمه خفيف، وشرحه واضح جداً، لكن موجه بشكل كبير للمواقع التجارية
لكن مثلا المواقع الحكومية، المواقع التعليمية كلها تحتاج معايير لقابلية الاستخدام تختلف عن الموجودة في الكتاب، لكن المجال كما بدا لي مفتوح وفي البدايات و يحتاج للكثير
أيضا مصممي الأنظمة و قواعد البيانات، و واجهاتها بحاجة لقابلية الاستخدام وتحديد بعض المعايير لقابلية الاستخدام أيضا

realizing i have this problem with ux books where the core principles are all so obvious/intuitive that they feel impossible to retain and apply — perhaps one simply must Learn By Doing