{"product_id":"thoughtless-design-of-everyday-things-paperback","title":"Thoughtless Design of Everyday Things (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:\u003eHave you ever noticed how many products appear to be designed by someone who has never used a product of that kind before? Nearly everyone has encountered websites, software apps, cars, appliances, and other products that made them wonder what the designers were thinking. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size: font-style: italic\u003eThe Thoughtless Design of Everyday Things\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:\u003e presents more than 160 examples of products that violate nine fundamental design principles, along with suggestions for improving many of the flawed user interfaces and other design problems. These examples of thoughtless design reveal 70 specific lessons that designers ought to heed as they craft the user experience, grouped by these design principles:\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e* Make the product easy and obvious to use.* Consider realistic usage scenarios.\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e* Consider a wide range of usage environments.\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e* Make it hard to make a mistake.\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e* Provide meaningful feedback.\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e* Don't waste the user's time.\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e* Design for the user's convenience.\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e* Accommodate the range of human variation.\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e* Place the minimum mental burden on the user.\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eThis book describes numerous specific practices for enhancing product usability through usage-centered design strategies. You'll also see more than 40 products that exhibit particularly thoughtful designs, the kinds of products that surprise and delight users. Whether you're a designer, a product development manager, or a thoughtful and curious consumer, you'll find \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size: font-style: italic\u003eThe Thoughtless Design of Everyday Things\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:\u003e engaging, informative, and insightful.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 0px 4px; margin: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-weight: 700; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e  About the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:=\"\" padding:=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eSince 1997, \u003cstrong\u003eKarl Wiegers\u003c\/strong\u003e has been Principal Consultant with Process Impact, a software development consulting and training company in Happy Valley, Oregon. Karl is the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003eSuccessful Business Analysis Consulting\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003eSoftware Requirements\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003eMore About Software Requirements\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003ePractical Project Initiation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003eCreating a Software Engineering Culture\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e and a forensic mystery novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003eThe Reconstruction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e. He received a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the University of Illinois. During the past 50 years, he has designed chemistry experiments, software applications and user interfaces, software development processes, books, games, and training courses.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"J. Ross Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50506252648518,"sku":"9781604271782","price":3346.7,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0754\/2797\/1142\/files\/31d6GDxgItL.jpg?v=1790324281","url":"https:\/\/cb-india.com\/products\/thoughtless-design-of-everyday-things-paperback","provider":"Computer Bookshop (India) Pvt Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}