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Homepage Improvement - wring more results from your website
lists 10 good resolutions for improving your site in the new year. reading through, I was amazed how many classic usability issues there were-- almost all would be revealed in testing. Then I noticed they were gleaned from Jakob's new Homepage Usability book.
Has anyone read it? worth getting?
My work just bought it, and I have only had a quick browse through (first to make sure we didn't appear :).
I think it is worth looking at, there are some general guidelines in the front, nothing much new. The homepage studies range from quite insightful comments to petty complaints.
If nothing else, it is good for starting the thinking process about what is vital and what is wasting space.
50 studies might be too many, considering so may common mistakes are made. The book has more value for people who haven't been steeped in the usability reports of the last few years.
Good for showing to those marketing people who want another flashing link to the 'new section'...
Mathew
Christina:
I have a copy of Jakob's Homepage usability book, and while it was fairly basic, it did present homepage assessments in ways I hadn't thought of before (what elements take up what percentages of the screen). I thought it was worth it.