Designing the Moment: Web Interface Design Concepts in Action

Description

Designing The Moment: Web Interface Design Concepts In Action
The trick to great design is knowing how to think through each decision so that users don't have to. In The Obvious Interface, Robert Hoekman, author of Designing the Obvious, presents over 30 stories that illustrate how to put good design principles to work on real-world web application interfaces to make them obvious and compelling. From the first impression to the last, Hoekman takes a think out loud approach to interface design to show us how to look critically at design decisions to ensure that human beings, the kind that make mistakes and do things we don't expect, can walk away from our software feeling productive, respected, and smart.

 

Table of Contents

PART I: GETTING ORIENTED

Chapter 1: Designing the First Impression

Chapter 2: Showing Your Personality

Chapter 3: Zen and the Art of Navigation

Chapter 4: All Links Are Not Created Equal

Chapter 5: Getting Your Head Out of the Tag Cloud

PART II: LEARNING

Chapter 6: Surfacing the Trigger Words

Chapter 7: Labeling the Interface

Chapter 8: Beyond Words and Onto Video

PART III: SEARCHING

Chapter 9: Making Suggestions

Chapter 10: Getting Through the Results

Chapter 11: Refi ning Your Search

PART IV: DIVING IN

Chapter 12: Standardizing Playback Controls

Chapter 13: Nailing Form Layout

Chapter 14: Conquering the Wizard

Chapter 15: Going the Extra Mile with Inline Validation

Chapter 16: Simplifying Long Forms

Chapter 17: Getting Them Signed In

Chapter 18: Counting Characters

PART V: PARTICIPATING

Chapter 19: Building Profi les

Chapter 20: Editing

Chapter 21: Making Social Connections

Chapter 22: Designing the Obvious Blog

Chapter 23: Inviting Discussion

Chapter 24: Getting a Good Rating

PART VI: MANAGING INFORMATION

Chapter 25: Making RSS Meaningful

Chapter 26: Tagging It

Chapter 27: Getting Reorganized with Drag-and-Drop

Chapter 28: Managing Interruption with System Notifications

PART VII: MOVING ON

Chapter 29: Signing Off

Chapter 30: Dusting Off Dusty Users

Chapter 31: Letting Them Go

Conclusion: The Keys to Great Design