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Designing the Obvious: A Common Sense Approach to Web Application Design

by Robert Jr. New Riders Press, 12 October, 2006
ISBN: 032145345X Buy from Amazon

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The Two Users - Boxes and Arrows: The design behind the design
Anyone interested in a deliverables related article that focuses on what ... Robert Hoekman, Jr. discusses this topic nicely in "Designing the Obvious" ...
User Testing - OK, CANCEL - Boxes and Arrows: The design behind the design
Has anyone done extensive user testing for placement of OK, CANCEL buttons? ... first couple of chapters of "designing the obvious" by Robert Hoekman, Jr.—who ...
Dogmas Are Meant to be Broken: An Interview with Eric Reiss - Boxes and Arrows: The design behind the design
... this year, you should consider reading my upcoming book, "Designing the Obvious" ... Designing the Obvious discusses these things in depth. ...
Four Modes of Seeking Information and How to Design for Them - Boxes and Arrows: The design behind the design
She has been designing structures and interfaces for websites, intranets, web ... Looked up your article after finding you on p. 134 of Designing the Obvious' ...
Zen and the Art of IA - Boxes and Arrows: The design behind the design
... the story of activity from Designing the Obvious, not all the concepts that were ... All in all, Designing the Obvious is an amazing book, crafted together from ...
User Testing - OK, CANCEL - Boxes and Arrows: The design behind the design
Has anyone done extensive user testing for placement of OK, CANCEL buttons? ... first couple of chapters of "designing the obvious" by Robert Hoekman, Jr.—who ...
The Two Users - Boxes and Arrows: The design behind the design
Anyone interested in a deliverables related article that focuses on what ... Robert Hoekman, Jr. discusses this topic nicely in "Designing the Obvious" ...
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Designing Interactions, by Bill Moggridge
Communicating Design: Developing Web Site Documentation for Design and Planning, by Dan Brown
Transcending CSS: The Fine Art of Web Design (Voices That Matter), by Andy Clarke, Molly E. Holzschlag
Designing for Interaction: Creating Smart Applications and Clever Devices (VOICES), by Dan Saffer
Designing Interfaces: Patterns for Effective Interaction Design, by Jenifer Tidwell

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Designing the Obvious, Part 5: Prototyping 101 > Benefits of Prototyping
Designing the Obvious, Part 6: Usability Testing > Moving On
Designing the Obvious: The Ongoing Mission of Good Design > Online Resources
Web Design Reference Guide > Designing the Obvious Clinic: CraigsList
Web Design Reference Guide > Designing the Obvious Clinic: SlideShare.net
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Co-occuring Books (from LibraryThing)

Sketching User Experiences: Getting the Design Right and the Right Design (Interactive Technologies), by Bill Buxton
The Persona Lifecycle : Keeping People in Mind Throughout Product Design (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Interactive Technologies) (Interactive Technologies), by John Pruitt, Tamara Adlin
Digital Ground: Architecture, Pervasive Computing, and Environmental Knowing, by Malcolm McCullough
Digital Ground: Architecture, Pervasive Computing, and Environmental Knowing, by Malcolm McCullough
Communicating Design: Developing Web Site Documentation for Design and Planning, by Dan Brown

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Human-Computer Interaction (2nd Edition), by Alan J. Dix, Janet E. Finlay, Gregory D. Abowd, Russell Beale, Janet E. Finley
The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems (ACM Press), by Jef Raskin
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