Designing the Obvious: A Common Sense Approach to Web Application Design
Written by Clement Faria on November 17, 2009 under Web Development.
- ISBN13: 9780321453457
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
Designing the Obvious belongs in the toolbox of every person charged with the design and development of Web-based software, from the CEO to the programming team. Designing the Obvious explores the character traits of great Web applications and uses them as guiding principles of application design so the end result of every project instills customer satisfaction and loyalty. These principles include building only whats necessary, getting users up to speed quic… More >>
Designing the Obvious: A Common Sense Approach to Web Application Design
B. Elli
November 17, 2009 at 12:46 am
old but still good. buy it used it s not woth to buy it new.
Rating: 3 / 5
Gajapathi Kannan
November 17, 2009 at 1:25 am
No non-sense approach in putting the detail by the author. Good read for the people developing web applications for generalized users.
downside, author quoted examples from 37signals, apple and google – sublimely bashing microsoft when ever possible. From my standpoint I dont care if apple wins or microsoft wins, except when I pay for a book from an independent author to provide a unbiased view, should not feel like someone that works for apple or google wrote this book. If thats what I want, I would have bought book from those authors.
Rating: 3 / 5
K. Quinn
November 17, 2009 at 2:02 am
The author of this book essentially gives an almost continuous narrative about what he has read and what has worked for him. He paraphrases the works of others, and does a good job compiling a lot of good material into a concise summary of the crucial bits.
I give it a 3 because, despite the useful information and clarity of writing, I experienced too many eyeroll moments. The author has a serious Apple fanboy slant and it results not only in frequent, pedantic mini-ads for the company, but also in slamming the products/work of other companies who objectively also produce products that are recognized as having exceptional interfaces by everyone in the industry except the author. He seems to also go out of his way to use a picture generated in specifically windows xp for any negative illustrations. All of this together visibly scews his design opinion and puts into question the author’s objectivity altogether.
Rating: 3 / 5
Josh A. Lamar
November 17, 2009 at 2:42 am
Designing the Obvious not only tells you how to design for the web, but how to design for life. I find myself in everyday tasks using the tools given in this book. It is short, sweet and obviously a good buy. I highly recommend it.
Rating: 5 / 5
Ariel Jakobovits
November 17, 2009 at 5:26 am
Focuses less on actual design tips, but more on the design mentality – being willing to cut stuff out and focus on what’s important. It was a good read, had some good examples, and reference good websites to check out.
Rating: 4 / 5