Information architecture for the World Wide Web
by Louis Rosenfeld, Peter Morville · first published 2002
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The post-Ajaxian Web 2.0 world of wikis, folksonomies, and mashups makes well-planned information architecture even more essential. How do you present large volumes of information to people who need to find what they're looking for quickly? This classic primer shows information architects, designers, and web site developers how to build large-scale and maintainable web sites that are appealing and easy to navigate.
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…conditioned by google to just keep trying search terms till you find what you want. No interface (that I've seen) can beat the rapid iteration of search terms with fast response times. A good reference: Information Architecture for the World Wide Web http://oreilly.com/catalog/9781565922822
on “Slaves of the feed – This is not the realtime we’ve been looking for” ↗…http://www.amazon.com/22-Immutable-Laws-Marketing-Violate/dp... Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to We Usability, by Steve Krug: http://www.amazon.com/Dont-Make-Me-Think-Usability/dp/032134... Information Architecture for the World Wide Web: Designing Large Scale Web Sites, by Paul Rosenfeld and Peter Morville: http://www.amazon.com/Information-Architecture-World-Wide-We... Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping, by Paco Underhill http://www.amazon.com/Why-We-Buy-Shopping-Updated-Internet/d...…
on “Ask HN: Marketing Books for Developers?” ↗Well - there's a lot more to IA than wireframes :-) Lou Rosenfeld's book "Information Architecture for the World Wide Web" is still a nice, small read if a little dated now and more oriented to content-based sites. Wireframes are just one possible deliverable - a way of communicating the results of some kinds of UX work…
on “Things I, as a designer, wish more tech startups knew” ↗…isn't worth their time. Why is? Revisioning + speed. Make it easy to try different combos of search terms really fast. Correct spelling, suggest searches, add the ability to filter information. See: Information Architecture for the World Wide Web p. 185. Also available on Safari Books. See Also: Google
on “Lucene's FuzzyQuery is 100 times faster in 4.0” ↗…Designing the User Interface: Strategies for Effective Human-Computer Interaction Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability Homepage Usability: 50 Websites Deconstructed Information Architecture for the World Wide Web: Designing Large-Scale Web Sites Information Architecture: Blueprints for the Web Interaction Design: Beyond Human-Computer Interaction Rocket Surgery Made Easy: The Do-It-Yourself Guide…
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