Designing Web Usability

Jakob Nielsen, Published December 20, 1999
Over 250,000 internet professionals around the world have turned to this landmark book, in which Nielsen shares the full weight of his wisdom and experience. From content and page design to designing for ease of navigation, he delivers complete direction on how to connect with any web user, in any situation.

“If people can’t use it, it might as well not exist, so make it simple.”

About Jakob Nielsen, Ph.D

Dr. Nielsen is principal of Nielsen Norman Group, a user research company. He is the founder of the “discount usability engineering” movement, which emphasizes fast and efficient methods for improving the quality of user interfaces. He has been called “the world’s leading expert on Web usability” by U.S. News and World Report and “the guru of Web page usability” by the New York Times. Dr. Nielsen’s Alertbox column on web usability, featured on his web site useit.com, has been published on the Internet since 1995 and has about 200,000 readers.