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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.43769
EAN: 9781893115941
ISBN: 1893115941
Label: Apress
Manufacturer: Apress
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 159
Publication Date: June 26, 2001
Publisher: Apress
Sales Rank: 26296
Studio: Apress
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Rating: - Some good ideas, some nonsense
This book is aimed at programmers who don't have the time or inclination to do research on user interface design, and it has some good suggestions, but you shouldn't take anything he says on faith because he is flat out wrong a good 25% of the time. Spolsky is very intelligent and the book can be fun to read at times, but he also comes off as really really arrogant and narrow minded. He is particularly and undeservedly venomous towards the Linux / OSS community, and this is really inexcusable.
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Rating:  - Joel on UI Design
First off, I'm not a (professional) programmer, and I'm not particularly interested in user interface design. I decided to read this book because I've read quite a bit of Joel's other work and I find his thought process illuminating, regardless of the subject. Also, most of the other stuff I've read by Joel is generalist in nature, and I wanted to see if his style would work in a deep dive into a subject. This book isn't a silver bullet in UI design, but it gives a few hints as to how to adjust your ... Read More
Rating:  - Great read, helpful info
I rarely give out 5 stars, but this book deserves it.
Well written, on the light side, but serious about providing best practices for UI design with good examples to back it up.
Rating: - Good introduction, but that's it
This thin book is a good introduction to the idea of that you should make good software interfaces, but doesn't tell you how to do that. For that, Spolsky provides an excellent bibliography at the end.
If you already have even a little bit of experience with good interface design, this book isn't for you. It's there to enlighten the programming masses that so far don't care or haven't been told that users matter.
You can get this book for free online starting at Joel on Software ... Read More
Rating:  - Amatuer at best
This book has a number of problems.
First, the writing is amateurish - hardly what I'd expect from someone trying to impart knowledge on a professional audience. It reads as a high school book report, not a reference for software engineers. I expect elegance in material I read, if for nothing else but to gain confidence in the author's intelligence and experience.
Second, much of the information is clearly lifted from books such as 'Tog on Interface' (which I highly recommend). ... Read More
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