Designed for use
by Lukas Mathis · first published 2011
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Why HN recommends it
Practical introduction to usability and UI/UX process, with empirical testing of designs and concrete chapters on the design workflow; suited to developers who build interfaces and want a grounded starting point.
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Please don't take the this the wrong way, usability is hard and hey, you actually built something, which can be a goal in and of itself, but: please go read a book on usability. Designed for Use by Lukas Mathis [1] is a great introduction. The first few things that stood out for me: • It's my first time seeing the page, I want to know what it is. I definitely don't want to load a config. The…
on “Show HN: tyto” ↗…important study areas. A great place to start is this forum thread: http://www.designerstalk.com/forums/graphic-design/42390-des... For empirical testing of designs, I would highly recommend Lukas Mathis' Designed for Use: http://pragprog.com/book/lmuse/designed-for-use Be warned however that the print version is horridly designed, just get the .epub to bypass the ugly formatting. And always have in the back of your mind:…
on “Ask HN: How do you learn to design?” ↗I'd also recommend Designed For Use by Lukas Mathis http://pragprog.com/book/lmuse/designed-for-use .It has great chapters on the UI/Ux process.
on “Hacker News Redesign” ↗The best book about User Interface Design / User Experience I've read so far is Designed for Use by Lukas Mathis: http://www.amazon.com/Designed-Use-Create-Interfaces-Applica...
on “Ask HN: How to learn design as a hacker?” ↗> Magnificent link If you're interested in this kind of stuff, may I recommend reading Designed for Use by Lukas Mathis. > does anyone know of *nix (preferably Linux) DE that does it the OS X way? Gnome 3 does it slightly differently (menu entries get collapsed into one) and tries hard to respect Fitts's…
on “Vivaldi Browser Now Features Improved Support for Large Screens, Mouse Gestures” ↗Not a designer by a long shot but I admit to be very interested in the matter. Here are a few books I found quite fascinating. Designed for Use by Lukas Mathis Design for Hackers by David Kadavy
on “Mazda is purging touchscreens from its vehicles” ↗The Design of Everyday Things by Donald A. Norman [http://www.amazon.com/Design-Everyday-Things-Donald-Norman/d...] Designed for Use: Create Usable Interfaces for Applications and the Web by Lukas Mathis [http://www.amazon.com/Designed-Use-Create-Interfaces-Applica...] Don’t Make Me Thing by Steve Krug would have been my third. I…
on “Ask HN: What is the best book that you've ever read on Product Design and UX?” ↗I finished Designed for Use by Lukas Mathis and I'm in the middle of Design for Hackers by David Kadavy, and both state precisely the opposite: designing can be learned, and with sufficient training anyone can achieve good, even…
on “Anyone Can Design, Only a Few Can Be Good” ↗