great ux books
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Great UX books
DON’T MAKE ME THINK
Witty, commonsensical, and eminently practical, it’s one of the best-loved and most recommended books on the subject (of web and mobile usability)
STEVE KRUG
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ROCKE T SURGERY MADE EASY
In this how-to companion to Don't Make Me Think Steve Krug spells out a streamlined approach to usability testing that anyone can easily apply to their own Web site, application, or other product.
STEVE KRUG
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USABLE USABILITY
The A-to-Z guide to spotting and fixing usability problems.
This book helps you simply get it right the first time (or fix what's broken).
… this book teaches you how to understand a user's needs, divulges techniques for exceeding a user's expectations, and provides … advice for improving the overall quality of a user's experience.
ERIC REISS
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FOUNDATIONS FOR DESIGNING ONLINE USER EXPERIENCES
The ultimate guide to UX from the world's most popular resource for web designers and developers.
An overview of UX and User Centered Design … the most common UX design and research tools and techniques … regardless of whether you have 'UX' in your job title or not.
JESMOND ALLEN & JAMES CRUDELY
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QUANTIFYING THE USER EXPERIENCE
This book offers a practical guide for using statistics to solve quantitative problems in user research. The impact of good and bad designs can be quantified in terms of conversions, completion rates, completion times, perceived satisfaction, recommendations, and sales.
JEFF SAURO & JAMES R. LEWIS
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SERVICE DESIGN FROM INSIGHT TO IMPLANTATION
We have unsatisfactory experiences when we use banks, buses, health services and insurance companies. They don't make us feel happier or richer. Why are they not designed as well as the products we love to use such as an Apple iPod or a BMW?
ANDY POLAINE, LAVRANS LOVLIE, & BEN REASON
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THE USER EXPERIENCE TEAM OF ONE
Whether you want to cross over into user experience or you're a seasoned practitioner trying to drag your organization forward, this book gives you tools and insight for doing more with less.
LEAH BULEY
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LEAN UX: APPLYING LEAN PRINCIPLES TO IMPROVE USER EXPERIENCE
The Lean UX approach to interaction design is tailor-made for today’s web-driven reality.
…valuable Lean UX principles, tactics, and techniques from the ground up—how to rapidly experiment with design ideas, validate them with real users, and continually adjust your design based on what you learn.
JEFF GOTHELF & JOSH SEIDEN
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MOBILE USABILITY
How do we create a satisfactory user experience when limited to a small device?
This … guide focuses on usability for mobile devices, primarily smartphones and touchphones, and covers such topics as developing a mobile strategy, designing for small screens, writing for mobile, usability comparisons, and looking toward the future.
JAKOB NIELSEN & RALUCA BUDIU
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100 THINGS EVERY DESIGNER NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT PEOPLE
We design to elicit responses from people. We want them to buy something, read more, or take action of some kind.
Designing without understanding what makes people act the way they do is like exploring a new city without a map: results will be haphazard, confusing, and inefficient.
This book combines real science and research with practical examples to deliver a guide every designer needs.
SUSAN M. WEINSCHENKE, PH.D.
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UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
Universal Principles of Design, Revised and Updated is a comprehensive, cross-disciplinary encyclopedia of design.
…it pairs clear explanations of every design concept with visual examples of the concepts applied in practice.
WILLIAM LIDWELL, KRITINA HOLDEN & JILL BUTLER
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A PROJECT GUIDE TO UX DESIGN
There’s a lot more to successful UX design than knowing the latest Web technologies or design trends: It takes diplomacy, management skills, and business savvy.
That’s where the updated edition of this important book comes in.
RUSS UNGER & CAROLYN CHANDLER
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THE DESIGN OF EVERYDAY THINGS
The Design of Everyday Things shows that good, usable design is possible.
The rules are simple: make things visible, exploit natural relationships that couple function and control, and make intelligent use of constraints.
The goal: guide the user effortlessly to the right action on the right control at the right time.
DON NORMAN
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SITE-SEEING: A VISUAL APPROACH TO WEB USABILITY
"Site-Seeing" takes a fresh approach to Web usability by applying visual communication principles and decision-making to Web design.
Specifically, readers will learn the key concepts behind visual organization, look and feel, technical considerations, and clear planning that stem from audience awareness.
LUKE WROBLEWSKI
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NEURO WEB DESIGN:WHAT MAKES THEM CLICK?
Why do people decide to buy a product online? Register at your Web site? Trust the information you provide?
Neuro Web Design applies the research on motivation, decision making, and neuroscience to the design of Web sites.
SUSAN M. WEINSCHENK, PH.D.
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HOW TO GET PEOPLE TO DO STUFF
In this book you’ll learn the 7 drives that motivate people: • The Desire For Mastery• The Need To Belong• The Power of Stories• Carrots and Sticks• Instincts• Habits• Tricks Of The Mind.
For each of the 7 drives behavioral psychologist Dr. Susan Weinschenk describes the research behind each drive, and then offers specific strategies to use.
SUSAN M. WEINSCHENK, PH.D.
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DESIGNING FOR EMOTION
From classic psychology to case studies, highbrow concepts to common sense, Designing for Emotion demonstrates accessible strategies and memorable methods to help you make a human connection through design.
AARON WALTER
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JUST ENOUGH RESEARCH
In Just Enough Research, co-founder of Mule Design Erika Hall distills her experience into a brief cookbook of research methods.
Learn how to:• discover your competitive advantages• spot your own blind spots and biases
understand and harness your findings• why you should never, ever hold a
focus group
ERIKA HALL
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UX STRATEGY
This hands-on guide introduces lightweight strategy tools and techniques to help you and your team craft innovative multi-device products that people want to use.
Whether you’re an entrepreneur, UX/UI designer, product manager, or part of an intrapreneurial team, this book teaches simple-to-advanced strategies that you can use in your work right away.
JAIME LEVY