The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Finding and Fixing Usability Problems
by Steve Krug
Recommended by Nir Eyal and Andrew Ng
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It's been known for years that usability testing can dramatically improve products. But with a typical price tag of $5,000 to $10,000 for a usability consultant to conduct each round of tests, it rarely happens. In this howto companion to Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, Steve Krug spells out an approach to usability ...
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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Business, and Nonfiction.
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Nir Eyal
American writer, educator, and entrepreneur in the field of consumer psychology and behavioral design (1980-)
“If you want to build products that are important, that users care about, this teaches you different tactics for learning about users, either through user studies or by interviews.”
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