Usability and Web design patterns
How often have you found yourself in a situation where you have been troubled about the design of a function?
Personally, I would say, frequently. You can never be to sure if something will work and usability for me is one of the most important things.
As fare as I know, there aren`t very many software firms that test the usability of an application on a broad range of users, because it takes a lot of resources and most of them just want to get going – cause time is money. Therefore it is nice to draw on personal experiences, but also the experiences of others and there is written a few good books on the subject. The problem is, as I see it, that you seem to be missing something when you read the books, because they don`t dive into specific functionalities. It is nice to draw on what we call Web design patterns and Yahoo has a great collection of these.
And if you are willing to spend some money, you could also buy one of the following rapports from Nielsen Norman Group
Usability publications by nngroup
Both the links contain great resources, but if you need a good book, then you should check out my Book review category.
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