Comments on: Book Review: Don’t Make Me Think http://www.codesqueeze.com/book-review-dont-make-me-think/ Ideas for building efficient developers and software Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:19:55 +0000 hourly 1 By: Gary Sherman http://www.codesqueeze.com/book-review-dont-make-me-think/#comment-3387 Gary Sherman Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:20:16 +0000 http://www.codesqueeze.com/book-review-dont-make-me-think/#comment-3387 I've read this book a few times, and often pick it up to get an occasional dose of inspiration to keep me thinking about my users. You said: "The focus of the usability studies all were web oriented, and I believe that most points where generic enough to be equally applied to desktop applications. As a result, I would have liked to see one more chapter giving attention to other mediums than the web." While I agree that he focuses on web development, I find it pretty easy to substitute in the word "API" almost everywhere, and all of a sudden this book becomes a great book about API design as well. Rock on. I’ve read this book a few times, and often pick it up to get an occasional dose of inspiration to keep me thinking about my users.

You said:
“The focus of the usability studies all were web oriented, and I believe that most points where generic enough to be equally applied to desktop applications. As a result, I would have liked to see one more chapter giving attention to other mediums than the web.”

While I agree that he focuses on web development, I find it pretty easy to substitute in the word “API” almost everywhere, and all of a sudden this book becomes a great book about API design as well.

Rock on.

]]> By: devtrench http://www.codesqueeze.com/book-review-dont-make-me-think/#comment-3385 devtrench Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:16:51 +0000 http://www.codesqueeze.com/book-review-dont-make-me-think/#comment-3385 I've read this twice and it's an awesome book. If you're a web developer, I'd say this is a must read. In fact, I made everyone that I work with read it so that we can all be on the same page. It's very effective for developers and non-developers alike. I’ve read this twice and it’s an awesome book. If you’re a web developer, I’d say this is a must read. In fact, I made everyone that I work with read it so that we can all be on the same page. It’s very effective for developers and non-developers alike.

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