Prioritizing Web Usability

In 2000, Jakob Nielsen, the world's leading expert on Web usability, published a book that changed how people think about the Web- Designing Web Usability (New Riders). Many applauded. A few jeered. But everyone listened. The best-selling usability guru is back and has revisited his classic guide, joined forces with Web usability consultant Hoa Loranger, and created an updated companion book that covers the essential changes to the Web and usability today. Prioritizing Web Usability is the guide for anyone who wants to take their Web site(s) to next level and make usability a priority! Through the authors' wisdom, experience, and hundreds of real-world user tests and contemporary Web site critiques, you'll learn about site design, user experience and usability testing, navigation and search capabilities, old guidelines and prioritizing usability issues, page design and layout, content design, and more!

Preface Focus of book Prioritizing usability issues Chapter 1: Introduction Study overview Thinking aloud Number of users 25 Web sites Web wide tasks Examples of site tasks Chapter 2: Characterizing the Web User Experience Say how much people use search, and defer details to later chapter Differences between low and high experience users Maybe have a section on different age groups Chapter 3: Revisiting old guidelines Chapter 4: Prioritizing Usability Issues Pie Charts and Rating Scale Chapter 5: Search Chapter 6: IA, Navigation, Link Design, Categories What Works, What Doesn't Chapter 7: Readability Chapter 8: Content Before and After examples Chapter 9: Product information Top e-commerce guidelines Chapter 10: Page design, layout, and graphics Chapter 11: Simplicity vs. Complexity