Re: Recommended Reading

FROM : M. Uli Kusterer
DATE : Tue Apr 05 20:23:22 2005

At 12:09 Uhr -0600 04.04.2005, Don Yacktman wrote:
>Design rules of thumb are nice, but getting me thinking deeply
>enough that I can come up with my own rules to cope with
>unanticipated design difficulties is even better.  So get the books,
>read them, and then spend a bunch of time _thinking_ about the
>content.  And don't let the sometimes light, sometimes arrogant or
>inflammatory tone the author takes turn you away, either.  I think
>that was deliberate, probably to incite the reader to start thinking
>things through.


Don,

  I basically agree.

  Let me just mention that Jeff Johnson's book also provides the
rationale for decisions. It's just that, by virtue of the book's
nature, you get lots of practical examples, anecdotes, and 82 points
to check your projects against, in *addition* to the actual
explanation. He glosses a little over concerns involved in
localizing, but apart from that I think GUI Bloopers is a good book
for programmers trying to get the whole usability thing.
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Cheers,
M. Uli Kusterer
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