A short while ago, my author @DennisL read the excellent book Don’t Make Me Think, Revisited by acclaimed usability professional Steve Krug. Dennis was so impressed with the book, he tweeted a series with quotes, mostly relating to accessibility (as well as design and usability). So in case you missed it, here they are:
Webpages require a prominent “You Are Here” indicator. ~Don’t Make Me Think Revisited (pgs 77-78) by @SKrug #webdesign #ux #dmmt
— Dennis Lembrée (@dennisl) May 23, 2014
“Use plenty of headings…Keep paragraphs short…Use bulleted lists” ~Don’t Make Me Think Revisited by @SKrug #dmmt #writing pgs 39-40
— Dennis Lembrée (@dennisl) May 28, 2014
A user should never have to devote a millisecond of thought to whether things are clickable—or not. ~Don’t Make Me Think Revisited p15 #dmmt
— Dennis Lembrée (@dennisl) June 12, 2014
“Don’t float headings between paragraphs” ~Don’t Make Me Think Revisited by @SKrug #dmmt p191 #webdesign #readability
— Dennis Lembrée (@dennisl) June 5, 2014
“Don’t hide your affordances under a bushel” p151 ~Don’t Make Me Think Revisited by @SKrug #dmmt #ux #webdesign
“Conventions are your friends” ~Don’t Make Me Think Revisited by @SKrug p29 #dmmt #ux #design
— Dennis Lembrée (@dennisl) May 30, 2014
— Dennis Lembrée (@dennisl) June 9, 2014
“Don’t put labels inside form fields” ~Don’t Make Me Think Revisited by @SKrug #dmmt p190 #forms #a11y #webdesign
— Dennis Lembrée (@dennisl) June 13, 2014
“Don’t ever use light grey text on a dark grey background” ~Don’t Make Me Think Revisited by @SKrug #dmmt #design #ux #color p181
— Dennis Lembrée (@dennisl) May 30, 2014
“Flat design makes it harder to differentiate things.” ~Don’t Make Me Think Revisited by @SKrug #dmmt #design #ux p153
— Dennis Lembrée (@dennisl) May 24, 2014
“Put a ‘Skip to Main Content’ link at the beginning of each page” ~Don’t Make Me Think Revisited by @SKrug #dmmt p181 #a11y #ux
— Dennis Lembrée (@dennisl) May 27, 2014
“Too subtle visual cues are actually a very common problem” ~Don’t Make Me Think Revisited by @SKrug #webdesign #tips #dmmt
— Dennis Lembrée (@dennisl) June 3, 2014