Useability

I'm in the process of re-reading Don't Make Me Think by Steve Krug - if I'm going to build a website, I figure it'd be nice to make it user friendly! It's such a quick and easy read, I sommetimes forget just how much great information is in it.

So far, key takeouts are:

• People don't read instructions so make it REALLY obvious
• There's too much text on most web pages - people skim, they don't read
• Make use of conventions - they became conventions because they work

I'm sure there'll be more!

Reference
Krug, S. (2006), Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Useability, 2nd ed, New Riders Press, Berkley, CA