Usability: The Site Speaks for Itself

Cover of Usability: The Site Speaks for Itself ISBN: 1904151035 (glasshaus)
ISBN: 1590592301 (Apress)
May 2002

My first book project, I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to participate in this book as it presented case studies of evolt.org, eBay™, BBC News, Economist.com, Synfonts.com, and MetaFilter.com from a real-world usability perspective.

Each of the case studies represented discusses the processes that went into the usability testing and development of each site. Each one shows that false starts, reassessment, and even assumptions are all part of the natural flow of any development.

The evolt.org case study reaches all the way back to its formation and original site(s), and reveals many of the lessons learned along the way to building the current version of the site, as well as all the refinements we've regularly implemented since it was completed.

Go buy your copy today and see funny pictures of the authors who wrote about sites, as well as samples of every day items they've deemed highly usable.

The link above is to the Apress edition of the book (after the glasshaus purchase). If you want to see sample pages from the book, you need to visit the original glasshaus edition at Amazon.com.

If you're inclined to purchase this book, please use the links from this page, as each one has the evolt.org Amazon affiliate ID associated with it. This means that evolt.org, which is all-volunteer, can get a little money to help pay its skyrocketing bandwidth costs. And anyone who knows me knows that other than Algonquin Studios and steak, there is nothing about which I am more passionate.