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Title: Web Pages That Suck: Learn Good Design by Looking at Bad Design by Vincent Flanders, Michael Willis ISBN: 0-7821-2187-X Publisher: Sybex Pub. Date: March, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.8 (45 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Very helpful (and fun) book on web design
Comment: Of the 3 or 4 web page design books that I've purchased this one is the best by far. Be examining the common mistakes people make when putting together a web site the authors illustrate good web page design principles. They use examples from actual commercial sites on the web, telling you what's wrong with them and what they did right. The writing style is light and the book is full of humor (what did you expect with a title like that). However, don't let this fool you into thinking that the book doesn't have any "meat" in it. While the authors are designers by background, they also seem to know a lot of the technical aspects about the web. They cover the latest technologies (as of 1998) and tell you how to use them. More importantly, they tell you when not to use them.
These guys definitely feel that it's best to avoid "bleeding edge" techniques. They are also advocate the principle of keeping things simple. Many the sites that they think "suck" are one with an overuse of animation, strange colors, or flashy techniques. They also point out sites that may look good on one browser at one resolution but may look terrible when viewed on another -- then they show you how to avoid this problem.
It appears as though their target audience is someone that is designing a site for commercial purposes. This book was not specifically intended for the person putting together a family web page. That being said, I think that anyone that's designing for the web will learn a great deal by reading this book.
My only criticism for this book is that it probably needs to be updated. It is currently a couple of years old and some technologies have change since it was written.
Rating: 5
Summary: Finally, a FUN and useful book on site design
Comment: A delightful romp through the good and the bad of website design. Subtitled "Learning Good Design by Looking at Bad Design," these site designers do an excellent job of helping readers identify and understand typical design flaws and correct them.
I enjoy telling people that our site is listed in Web Pages That Suck and watch the expressions on their faces. Actually, the authors compliment our site with a screen shot on p. 235 and say about our Web Marketing Info Center, "One of the best resources on the Internet that deals with marketing. You could and should spend days here...." (p. 243).
Unlike most stuffy books on site design, this one is actually fun, and offers lots of off-the-wall illustrations of what not to do -- and the correct way to approach design. An excellent book that I strongly recommend for novice to intermediate site designers.
Rating: 1
Summary: Deserves less than a star
Comment: If you've been to his website, you will see just how truly un-knowledgable the author is.. He's funny, articulate, and rock stupid as far as target audiences and economics. This book, and the corresponding website (which may I add crashes the latest version of IE) is not even slightly useful to the serious web enterpenuer.
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Title: Son of Web Pages That Suck: Learn Good Design by Looking at Bad Design by Vincent Flanders, Dean Peters ISBN: 0782140203 Publisher: Sybex Pub. Date: 05 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability by Steve Krug ISBN: 0789723107 Publisher: New Riders Pub. Date: 13 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Designing Web Usability : The Practice of Simplicity by Jakob Nielsen ISBN: 156205810X Publisher: New Riders Pub. Date: 20 December, 1999 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: Homepage Usability: 50 Websites Deconstructed by Jakob Nielsen, Marie Tahir ISBN: 073571102X Publisher: New Riders Pub. Date: 05 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: The Design of Everyday Things by Donald A. Norman ISBN: 0465067107 Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: 17 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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