Don’t Make Me Think
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Don’t Make Me Think Steve Krug
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Steve Krug. Don’t Make Me Think. Guiding Principles # 1. Don’t Make Me Think. What To Do & Not To Do:. Organize your site (don’t clutter). Use short and to the point titles on links and buttons Use links and buttons that are easily identified. Guiding Principles # 2. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Don’t Make Me Think
Steve Krug
Don’t Make Me ThinkWhat To Do & Not To Do: Use short and to
the point titles on links and buttons
Use links and buttons that are easily identified
Organize your site (don’t clutter)
Guiding Principles # 1
How We Really Use The Web
This is what us designers create
This is what our visitors see
Web Pages are scanned/skimmed
*If we have a specific item in mind
Guiding Principles # 2
Bet you looked at this before you looked at this
This block of writing is obviously talking about Billboard Design 101
Keeping the noise down means to make things easier on the eye such as:
Billboard Design 101> Create a clear visual hierarchy on each page> Take advantage of conventions> Break pages up into clearly defined areas> Make it obvious what’s clickable> Minimize noise. This is easier to read
Guiding Principles # 3
Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral?Choices on your website should be mindless
Guiding Principles # 4
Omit Needless WordsRead this before
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Guiding Principles # 5
