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Don’t Make Me Think

My Web Design Must-Read List

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I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the what helped me learn my craft. This post shares many of the sources that have helped me learn everything I know today and the websites I follow to stay up to date.

Author Mark Root-WileyPosted on May 8, 2019May 9, 2019Categories Tools & Resources Understanding Web Design

No Justification: Don’t Use Right, Center, and Full Justification on the Web

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Last week’s post on formatting in WordPress makes way to this in-depth discussion of a simple topic: text alignment. In nearly every case, don’t do it!

Author Mark Root-WileyPosted on March 24, 2015May 24, 2016Categories Best Practices

KISSing Your Web Forms

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Keep It Simple, Stupid! It’s a bit tongue-in-cheek but still great advice. Let’s apply it to web forms and see what happens.

Author Mark Root-WileyPosted on November 18, 2014March 6, 2018Categories Case Studies

Five Attributes of a Good Label

If you’ve got a website, read through your menu and see if it passes this excellent five-point evaluation.

Author Mark Root-WileyPosted on October 29, 2013February 6, 2018Categories Best Practices

Steve Krug on Home Pages and Stakeholders [quote]

A quote about home pages, stakeholders, and Bruce Willis (sort of). You probably know where this is going…

Author Mark Root-WileyPosted on October 15, 2013May 24, 2016Format QuoteCategories Miscellany

What I Think of Don’t Make Me Think by Steve Krug

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I opened this book on a flight from Seattle to Minneapolis and was pleased to read that Steve Krug wrote Don’t Make Me Think so it could be read from cover-to-cover on an airplane! It’s true and it was awesome. Let me highlight the most important ideas I took from this website usability classic.

Author Mark Root-WileyPosted on January 16, 2012May 24, 2016Categories Tools & Resources

Accessibility Is Important Because Other People Are Important

I used to have a long drawn-out explanation for the importance of accessibility. No more! Read my new argument courtesy of Steve Krug’s classic book, Don’t Make Me Think.

Author Mark Root-WileyPosted on January 2, 2012May 24, 2016Categories Inspiration

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