Hundreds of thousands of Web designers and developers have relied on web usability expert Steve Krug's guide to help them understand the principles of intuitive navigation and information design. Witty, commonsensical, and eminently practical, it's one of the best-loved and most recommended books on the subject.

• Fresh perspectives and examples
• New chapter on mobile usability
• Still short, profusely illustrated...and best of all--fun to read

If you've read it before, you'll rediscover what made Don't Make Me Think so essential to Web designers and developers around the world. If you've never read it, you'll see why so many people have said it should be required reading for anyone working on websites.

After reading it over a couple of hours and putting its ideas to work for the past five years, I can say it has done more to improve my abilities as a Web designer than any other book.

--Jeffrey Zeldman, author of Designing with Web Standards

Ten years ago this book taught you how to get a seat at the table. That was then, this is now. Now we use the table for kindling.

Design has changed, and this book has changed with it. In this second edition, Mike Monteiro not only covers how to be a working designer, but also how to take care of yourself, deal with toxic workplaces, and learn to operate in a community rather than as individual practitioners.

If you are interested in using design as a tool for good, building a more sustainable and equitable society, creating workplaces where everyone is treated with respect, and doing all of these things while still making a living, this book is for you.

Do you want to build web pages but have no prior experience? This friendly guide is the perfect place to start. You'll begin at square one, learning how the web and web pages work, and then steadily build from there. By the end of the book, you'll have the skills to create a simple site with multicolumn pages that adapt for mobile devices.

Each chapter provides exercises to help you learn various techniques and short quizzes to make sure you understand key concepts.

This thoroughly revised edition is ideal for students and professionals of all backgrounds and skill levels. It is simple and clear enough for beginners, yet thorough enough to be a useful reference for experienced developers keeping their skills up to date.

• Build HTML pages with text, links, images, tables, and forms
• Use style sheets (CSS) for colors, backgrounds, formatting text, page layout, and even simple animation effects
• Learn how JavaScript works and why the language is so important in web design
• Create and optimize web images so they'll download as quickly as possible
• NEW! Use CSS Flexbox and Grid for sophisticated and flexible page layout
• NEW! Learn the ins and outs of Responsive Web Design to make web pages look great on all devices
• NEW! Become familiar with the command line, Git, and other tools in the modern web developer's toolkit
• NEW! Get to know the super-powers of SVG graphics

The Principles of Beautiful Web Design is the ideal book for anyone who wants to design stunning websites that provide a great user experience. Perhaps you're a developer who wants to understand how to make your applications more visually appealing, or you're a novice who wants to start on the path to becoming a designer.

This book will teach you how to:

• Understand what makes good design, from discovery through to implementation
• Use color effectively, develop color schemes, and create a palette
• Create pleasing layouts using grids, the rule of thirds, and symmetry
• Employ textures: lines, points, shapes, volumes, and depth
• Apply typography to make ordinary designs look great
• Choose, edit, and position effective imagery

This easy-to-follow guide is illustrated with beautiful, full-color examples, and will lead you through the process of creating great designs from start to finish.

The fourth edition of this bestselling book has been greatly revised and now features:

• Updated and expanded coverage responsive web design techniques
• A new sample project
• New sections on pattern libraries and how design fits on modern app development workflows
• Common user-interface patterns and resources

Ten years ago this book taught you how to get a seat at the table. That was then, this is now. Now we use the table for kindling.

Design has changed, and this book has changed with it. In this second edition, Mike Monteiro not only covers how to be a working designer, but also how to take care of yourself, deal with toxic workplaces, and learn to operate in a community rather than as individual practitioners.

If you are interested in using design as a tool for good, building a more sustainable and equitable society, creating workplaces where everyone is treated with respect, and doing all of these things while still making a living, this book is for you.

Harness the latest capabilities of HTML5 and CSS to create a single UI that works flawlessly on mobile phones, tablets, and desktops - plus everything in-between - now with color images!

Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in PDF format.

Key Features:

• Understand what responsive web design is and its significance for modern web development
• Explore the latest developments in responsive web design and CSS, including layout with Grid and Subgrid, CSS Cascade Layers, Wide Gamut colors, and CSS Functions
• Get to grips with the uses and benefits of new HTML elements and attributes

Book Description:

Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS, Fourth Edition, is a fully revamped and extended version of one of the most comprehensive and bestselling books on the latest HTML5 and CSS techniques for responsive web design. It emphasizes pragmatic application, teaching you the approaches needed to build most real-life websites, with downloadable examples in every chapter.

Written in the author's friendly and easy-to-follow style, this edition covers all the newest developments and improvements in responsive web design, including approaches for better accessibility, variable fonts and font loading, and the latest color manipulation tools making their way to browsers. You can enjoy coverage of bleeding-edge features such as CSS layers, container queries, nesting, and subgrid.

The book concludes by exploring some exclusive tips and approaches for front-end development from the author.

By the end of the book, you will not only have a comprehensive understanding of responsive web design and what is possible with the latest HTML5 and CSS, but also the knowledge of how to best implement each technique. Read through as a complete guide or dip in as a reference for each topic-focused chapter.

What You Will Learn:

• Use media queries, including detection for touch/mouse and color preference
• Learn HTML semantics and author accessible markup
• Facilitate different images depending on screen size or resolution
• Write the latest color functions, mix colors, and choose the most accessible ones
• Use SVGs in designs to provide resolution-independent images
• Create and use CSS custom properties, making use of new CSS functions including 'clamp', 'min', and 'max'
• Add validation and interface elements to HTML forms
• Enhance interface elements with filters, shadows, and animations

Who this book is for:

Are you a full-stack or back-end developer who needs to improve their front-end skills? Perhaps you work on the front-end and you need a definitive overview of all modern HTML and CSS has to offer? Maybe you have done a little website building but you need a deep understanding of responsive web designs and how to achieve them? This is the book for you! All you need to take advantage of this book is a working understanding of HTML and CSS. No JavaScript knowledge is needed.

Behavioral science leader and CEO at The Team W, Inc., Susan M. Weinschenk, provides a guide that every designer needs, combining real science and research with practical examples on everything from font size to online interactions. With this book you'll design more intuitive and engaging apps, software, websites and products that match the way people think, decide and behave.

Here are some of the questions this book will answer:

• What grabs and holds attention?
• What makes memories stick?
• What motivates people?
• How does listening to music make people feel?
• How do you engineer a decision?
• What line length for text is best?
• Are some fonts better than others?

We design to elicit responses from people. We want them to buy something, read more, or take action of some kind. Designing without understanding what makes people act the way they do is like exploring a new city without a map: results will be haphazard, confusing, and inefficient. Increase the effectiveness of your designs by using science-backed examples on human behavior.

Every once in a while, a book comes along that is so well-written, researched, and designed that I just can't put it down. That's how good 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People is!

--Lynne Cooke, Clinical Assistant Professor at Arizona State University

Frontend developers have to consider many things: browser compatibility, usability, performance, scalability, SEO, and other best practices. But the most fundamental aspect of creating websites is one that often falls short: accessibility. Accessibility is the cornerstone of any website, and if a website is inaccessible, users won't be able to interact with it, obtain information, sign up for services, or buy products.

The Web Accessibility Cookbook provides you with dozens of recipes to help you avoid these failures. You'll learn how to build common components, such as main navigation, filters, and dialogs, in an accessible manner. Each recipe not only explains how to build things but also why. Author Manuel Matuzovic provides the knowledge you need to create your own accessible components and address your users' varying needs, abilities, and preferences.

With this practical guide, you will:

• Learn how to build websites that feature inclusive frontends
• Discover the common obstacles website users face every day
• Understand how your decisions impact users
• Learn how to build accessible frontends step-by-step
• Write high-quality markup and CSS
• Evaluate the accessibility of frontend components

Service Design is an eminently practical guide to designing services that work for people. It offers powerful insights, methods, and case studies to help you design, implement, and measure multichannel service experiences with greater impact for customers, businesses, and society.

In this how-to companion to Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, Steve Krug spells out a streamlined approach to usability testing that anyone can easily apply to their own Web site, application, or other product. (As he said in Don't Make Me Think, It's not rocket surgery.)

Using practical advice, plenty of illustrations, and his trademark humor, Steve explains how to:

• Test any design, from a sketch on a napkin to a fully-functioning Web site or application
• Keep your focus on finding the most important problems (because no one has the time or resources to fix them all)
• Fix the problems that you find, using his The least you can do approach

Most organizations fail to tap into the game-changing power of research. Research That Scales is the ultimate playbook for transforming your research practice, whatever its size or shape, into an impactful and efficient insight-generating engine. Use it to plan, manage, and scale a research practice that can truly propel businesses forward.

Who Should Read This Book

If you're a research leader, a researcher, or a ResearchOps specialist, this book is a must-read. But if you work in product management, design, content, marketing, academia, or for an agency, and do research as part of your work, this book is for you, too. Anyone involved in devising strategies and systems that support scaled-up human-centered research will find Research That Scales invaluable.

Takeaways

Learn what it means to scale research and how to build purpose into your research practice.

Gain a pragmatic view of research strategy and why it's crucial to scaling research.

Design a research operating system that can grow the impact of research.

Uncover the eight elements of research operations and the ResearchOps Venn diagram.

Use the ResearchOps Planning Matrix to deliver operations that make good ideas real.

Build systems that make finding the right research participants a breeze.

Learn how to make the most of research by developing a research knowledge management (RKM) strategy.

Build a foundation of trust with your company and stakeholders by shifting perceptions about research.

Make ethics and data privacy more than a checklist of dos and don'ts and lofty principles.

Learn how to become a money magnet for research.

Attract and retain the best research talent to fuel your growth.

The world is working exactly as designed. The combustion engine which is destroying our planet's atmosphere and rapidly making it inhospitable is working exactly as we designed it. Guns, which lead to so much death, work exactly as they're designed to work. And every time we improve their design, they get better at killing. Facebook's privacy settings, which have outed gay teens to their conservative parents, are working exactly as designed. Their real names initiative, which makes it easier for stalkers to re-find their victims, is working exactly as designed. Twitter's toxicity and lack of civil discourse is working exactly as it's designed to work.The world is working exactly as designed. And it's not working very well. Which means we need to do a better job of designing it. Design is a craft with an amazing amount of power. The power to choose. The power to influence. As designers, we need to see ourselves as gatekeepers of what we are bringing into the world, and what we choose not to bring into the world. Design is a craft with responsibility. The responsibility to help create a better world for all. Design is also a craft with a lot of blood on its hands. Every cigarette ad is on us. Every gun is on us. Every ballot that a voter cannot understand is on us. Every time social network's interface allows a stalker to find their victim, that's on us. The monsters we unleash into the world will carry your name. This book will make you see that design is a political act. What we choose to design is a political act. Who we choose to work for is a political act. Who we choose to work with is a political act. And, most importantly, the people we've excluded from these decisions is the biggest (and stupidest) political act we've made as a society.If you're a designer, this book might make you angry. It should make you angry. But it will also give you the tools you need to make better decisions. You will learn how to evaluate the potential benefits and harm of what you're working on. You'll learn how to present your concerns. You'll learn the importance of building and working with diverse teams who can approach problems from multiple points-of-view. You'll learn how to make a case using data and good storytelling. You'll learn to say NO in a way that'll make people listen. But mostly, this book will fill you with the confidence to do the job the way you always wanted to be able to do it. This book will help you understand your responsibilities.

When users try your product or service for the first time, what encourages them to come back? Onboarding can make the difference between abandoned accounts and devoted use-if we design it as a holistic, ongoing process.

Krystal Higgins demonstrates how the best onboarding experiences guide people as they interact, helping them follow their own path to success. Gain practical strategies and techniques for designing effective guidance, whether you're working through a redesign, launching new features, rolling out service updates, or welcoming back returning users. Set aside the tutorials, manuals, and intrusive instructions of the past, and learn how to use guided interaction to help users find their way-and get value out of every step.

THIS BOOK EXPLORES:

How to effectively greet, engage, and retain customersBest practices for mapping users' onboarding journeys from start to finishBringing research, content, design, and functionality together to support new usersSteps for breaking down onboarding actions for more efficient implementationTechniques for embedding guidance in the context of the full product experience

After years of building the same interface elements, some designers and developers get wise and try to create reusable, common solutions to help everyone stop reinventing the wheel every time. Most fail. In Design That Scales, design systems expert Dan Mall draws on his extensive experience helping some of the world's most recognizable brands create design practices that are truly sustainable and successful.

--Nadine Sarraj, Product Designer, 365 Retail Markets

• A design system is crucial for any organization managing two or more digital products. Learn how to create, manage, and sustain a successful design system.


• See how the ecosystem of a design system works in order to understand the context for success.


• Figure out where the people involved in a design system fit and how they can best collaborate.


• Learn the metrics for success within a design system and how to measure them.


• Determine the best techniques for marketing your design system to stakeholders.


• Learn what guidance and relationships are crucial for a design system to succeed.


• See the end-of-chapter questions that highlight how to guide your design system to a profitable outcome.

Whether you're new to UX or a seasoned practitioner, The User Experience Team of One gives you everything you need to succeed, emphasizing down-to-earth approaches that deliver big impact over time-consuming, needlessly complex techniques. This updated classic remains a comprehensive and essential guide for UX and product designers everywhere--you'll accomplish a lot more with a lot less.

Who Should Read This Book?

The techniques and advice in this book are applicable to anyone who is just starting out in user experience, as well as seasoned practitioners who have been in the field for years. In addition, anyone who read the first edition will appreciate this updated edition that features loads of new material that has changed over the past 10 years. There are tips, tools, and techniques throughout the book to improve your performance. The various methods detail exactly how to handle a variety of situations--from the timing involved, the materials, when to use that information, and how to try it out. Look for real-life sidebars from the authors, as well as experts in the field. This book applies to a team of one or a team of many.

Takeaways

• The first section covers the philosophy of the UX team of one--why you do it, how you build support, how to identify common challenges, and how to keep growing.


• The second section of the book, Practice, gives you tools and techniques for managing this balancing act with detailed methods.


• The 25 up-to-date methods in Part II prompt a question about a specific topic, answer the question, give the average time it will take to deal with the issue, tell you when to use this material, and give you instructions for Trying It Out.


• You can learn about working conditions that a team of one often experiences.


• The book addresses difficult situations that UX practitioners often encounter (for example, the need for speed in corporate environments.


• Be sure to review the UX Value Loop[TM] that Joe created to define UX.


• Check out sidebars that highlight some of Joe and Leah's personal real-life experiences.


• The end of each chapter tells you what to do if you can only do one thing


• Finally, notes and tips give you handy techniques and tools to use in your own practice.

This beginner-friendly colored-guide to Clip Studio Paint equips you with all the essential tools to tell your own manga story and develop your digital drawing skills.

Key Features:

- An illustrated guide by an award-winning artist for creating manga art and comic books digitally

- Explore essential drawing, inking, and coloring techniques to create captivating characters and stories that pop off the page

- Take your first steps into animation with Clip Studio Paint to add movement to your artwork

Book Description:

Ever dreamed of creating your own manga art or comic books? Learn Clip Studio Paint, Fourth Edition is your roadmap to becoming a digital artist! This beginner-friendly guide takes you on a step-by-step journey of digital illustration. You'll get to grips with one of the essential features of digital illustration, layering, as you go through the process of penciling and inking your art. If you're interested in creating a webtoon graphic novel or web comic, you'll be happy to learn about comic-making essentials such as panels, sound effects, and speech bubbles

In this edition, you'll learn artistic techniques alongside Clip Studio Paint features, including a new focus on how to bring your artwork to life with proportions and perspective. You'll learn how to draw characters with various brushes and brush customizations, as well as exploring coloring methods and rulers to make your stories pop. The edition also dives into exciting new features like using 3D models to draw poses and the basics of creating animations

Packed with clear instructions and illustrated examples, this book is your one-stop shop for learning Clip Studio Paint. If you dream of creating your own manga art or comics, this guide equips you with skills to achieve your goals!

What You Will Learn:

- Organize layers to make your artwork easy to edit

- Customize tools and brushes to draw compelling characters

- Implement inking and coloring techniques in your art

- Craft engaging comic panel layouts

- Employ layer masks and screentones for professional results

- Use 3D models to learn poses for your characters

- Explore animation basics to bring your artwork to life

- Leverage Clip Studio Paint's vast library of assets

- Export your creations for various platforms, including print and web

Who this book is for:

If you're just starting out as a digital artist or want to switch to Clip Studio Paint from a different graphics software package, then this book is for you. While this book is designed for those with no prior knowledge of digital art, intermediate-level users looking to explore the unique features of Clip Studio Paint will also find this book useful.

Table of Contents

- Image Gallery of Manga and Illustrations Created by Clip Studio Paint

- Installing Clip Studio Paint Pro and Interface Basics

- Penciling: Layer and Layer Property Palettes

- Introducing Clip Studio Paint Brushes

- Pages and Panels to Shape Manga

- Erasers, Selections, and the Sub View Palette

- Using Text and Balloon Tools

- Getting Started with Inking Tools

- Material Palette and Inking Special Effects

- Exploring Vector Layers

- Creating Your Own Sound Effects

- Making Layer Masks and Screentones

- All About Rulers

- Using 3D Figures and Objects

- Color Palette

- Using Clip Studio Paint to Color Your Manga

- Auto Actions and Your Workflow

- Exploring Clip Studio Assets and Animations

- Exporting, Printing, and Uploading Your Manga

Web Design in easy steps, 7th edition reveals the key principles of good web design, which is the art and science of building effective and attractive websites. The book will introduce you to the key technologies of the web, and the design principles that underpin successful sites.

Whether you're a budding designer who plans to build your own site, or you just want to be able to talk to professional designers in their own language, this book will give you an understanding of how websites are designed so that you can make the right decisions in launching your own site. You'll also be able to build your own simple website using HTML and CSS. When you find useful code snippets and templates online, you'll know how to edit them and integrate them into your website correctly.

Web Design in easy steps, 7th edition will ensure you set off in the right direction on your journey to creating a great website, with robust knowledge of the technologies and techniques that will deliver the best experience for your visitors.

You can't always predict who will use your products, or what emotional state they'll be in when they do. But by identifying stress cases and designing with compassion, you'll create experiences that support more of your users, more of the time.

Join Sara Wachter-Boettcher and Eric Meyer as they turn examples from more than a dozen sites and services into a set of principles you can apply right now. Whether you're a designer, developer, content strategist, or anyone who creates user experiences, you'll gain the practical knowledge to test where your designs might fail (before you ship!), vet new features or interactions against more realistic scenarios, and build a business case for making decisions through a lens of kindness. You can't know every user, but you can develop inclusive practices that support a wider range of people. This book will show you how.

In the years since publishing the first edition, emotional design has gone from innovative to essential in designers' toolkits. Aarron Walter once again offers wise, inspiring guidance for the principles of designing for humans, and addresses newer challenges that have emerged for web professionals tasked with reaching an ever-shifting audience.

Packed with engaging case studies and psychologically-grounded principles, Designing for Emotion has never been more relevant for modern business.

WHAT'S NEW IN THE SECOND EDITION?

Learn from updated case studies that push beyond where the web was in 2011 and reflect more of today's concerns such as privacy, representation, and safety. You'll also engage more deeply with your users when you apply takeaways from the new chapter on empathy and inclusion. Finally, make the case for working more thoughtfully in your own company with Aarron's fresh insight into the business value-and impact-of emotional design.