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Designing the Moment: Web Interface Design Concepts in Action (Voices That Matter)

 
Designing the Moment: Web Interface Design Concepts in Action (Voices That Matter)   Author: Robert Hoekman
By New Riders
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 006.7
EAN: 9780321535085
ISBN: 0321535081
Label: New Riders
Manufacturer: New Riders
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: 2008-04-17
Publisher: New Riders
Studio: New Riders
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Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5 A great follow-up to Designing the Obvious, 2008-06-22
Comment: Well, Robert Hoekman Jr has done it again.

In this follow up to Designing the Obvious, Hoekman Jr takes us on a journey through his thoughts and concepts on building truly great web applications.

It's very easy for programmers and developers to get bogged down, churning out feature-after-feature, without necessarily stopping to think about the 'why', as in, "why do we need to add this feature?", or the 'what': "what is this feature supposed to add to my application?".

In his book, Robert explains that we should be focusing on the activities (or 'moments' as he refers to them) that comprise our applications, and that every new feature should have a single purpose: to support the mindset of the user.

Steering clear of technical jargon, this book teaches everyone involved in the wider design process to focus on what is actually important: your customers.

For anyone who has read his first book, Designing the Obvious, this book may seem a little similar to the first - but on further examination it is obvious that is exactly why you should buy this book: it is written in exactly the same clear, concise and logical manner as the first, bringing a different edge and further enhancements to some existing concepts, with whole new chapters devoted to the new. Simplicity isn't easy to do, but Robert teaches us some very helpful techniques to examine our own designs and improve them, with thoughtful insights into how the user will view our changes thrown in along the way.

There used to only be one book that I would recommend to my colleagues wishing to further their knowledge in web interface design. Now there are two.