Don’t Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability – new edition published.

I bought this book when it first came out in 2000, since then, hundreds of thousands of Web designers and developers have relied on usability guru Steve Krug’s guide to help them understand the principles of intuitive navigation and information design.

On the back of the book the publisher says “Witty, commonsensical, and eminently practical, it’s one of the best-loved and most recommended books on the subject. Now Steve returns with fresh perspective to reexamine the principles that made Don’t Make Me Think a classic–with updated examples and a new chapter on mobile usability. And it’s 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 Web sites.

STEVE KRUG managed to labor happily in near-total obscurity as a highly respected usability consultant until the publication of the first edition of Don” t Make Me Think. Ten years later, he finally gathered enough energy to write another book: the usability testing handbook Rocket Surgery Made Easy: The Do-ItYourself Guide to Finding and Fixing Usability Problems. The books were based on the 2o+ years he’s spent as a usability consultant for a wide variety of clients like Apple, Bloomberg.com, I.exus.com, NPR, the International Monetary Fund, and many others. His consulting firm, Advanced  Common Sense, is based in Chestnut Hill, MA. Steve currently spends most of his time teaching usability workshops, consulting, and watching black-and-white movies from the ‘3os and ‘4os.  “

I haven’t had a chance to look at the new edition yet but on the basis that the original became a classic I would highly recommend this for any web developers, mobile app developers or others involved in User Experience design (UX).