Web Sites that Work

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Customer Reviews:

Great web theory [Posted on 2001-02-09]
If you are looking to learn how to build a web site, and intuitive and well thought out web site that is user centric, then this book can offer a lot of good information for you. This book does not gie you HTML code lessons or how to make buttons. What it does do is cover some excellent web theory. As others have mentioned, this book is too full of Roger Black's ego and useless graphics and pictures. Sort through his self boasting and you'll get a good deal out of this book. Is it worth the price? I can honestly say that I did get a lot out of it, but what I got most out of this book was confirmation of my own usability theory of the web. So for me, yes it was worth it.

Not worth the Money [Posted on 2001-06-21]
Though a beautiful book, it's not worth the price tag. The book goes through Mr. Black's career as a designer, both for magazines and web pages. The "web sites that work" are only Mr. Black's. He does not go over other web pages outside his company except to show those that do not work. Some beautiful glossy pages and pictures give you a lot of ideas for your own pages, but that can probably be found elsewhere as well. There is almost no technical information here, just a lot of glossy pictures.

It's ok, but if you want the best get.... [Posted on 2001-09-25]
It's ok, Roger definetly has some knowledge. The best information comes from Jakob Nielsen, check out his site useit.com and his books to design successful, user-friendly, and attractive sites.

Black knows what's what [Posted on 2002-01-05]
If you're passionate about Web design and want to do it right the first time out, then read Roger's book Web Sites That Work. This is the kind of advice that companies such as MSN and CondeNast pay big bucks for!

The book is well-designed itself and almost comes off as a photo essay in parts with plenty of pictures of our hero, Roger Black, studying the Web and transforming pages into online art forms.

In this book, you'll learn valuable tips about what to do and
NOT to do with your Web site. Roger also speaks extensively
on the principles of online navigation, personalization,
transaction, teamwork, and the future of the Net.

Aside from the stellar pointers, the book has plenty of candid
Roger action shots to make any fan jump for joy.

A web site hobbyist gets schooled [Posted on 2002-11-04]
I run a website purely as hobby. Having never taken a single graphic design or html course, or read a single book on the subject, I picked up this book at a book wholesaler and got it out of curiosity. I found it to be a non-threatening and friendly introduction to basic rules of web design. Before I went simply on what I thought looked good and what loaded fast. Now I know just a little bit more that can really make a page work well. Particularly helpful is the chapter called "Web sites that DON'T work."

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