Ask HN: Where to look to learn UX/Design • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Where to look to learn UX/Design

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Post by lovskogen » Sat, Oct 09, 2010, 1:49 PM UTC

joshstaiger wrote: post #32

Some previous discussions: Ask HN: Learning Web Design — http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1604915 Ask HN: How can I get better at design? — http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1474315 I’ve found this online book great — http://designingfortheweb.co.uk/book/index.php Experienced designers always emphasize learning about typography, and which seemed unintuitive to me until I began to study it. Bringhurst is a fantas…

Bringhurst's book is advanced and heavy. It's good. But I'd start with 'Thinking with Type'.

Re: Ask HN: Where to look to learn UX/Design

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Post by omarchowdhury » Sun, Oct 10, 2010, 12:59 AM UTC

No mention of Jakob Nielson?

http://www.useit.com/alertbox/

Re: Ask HN: Where to look to learn UX/Design

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Post by ashitvora » Mon, Oct 11, 2010, 5:08 AM UTC

check this out http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1778880

Re: Ask HN: Where to look to learn UX/Design

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Post by TheSOB88 » Sat, Oct 16, 2010, 3:33 AM UTC

TheSOB88 wrote: post #24

What I learned from a Human-Computer Interaction class in college - Always think of the user. All tradeoffs should be made in favor of the user - Don't expect users to read anything; they're busy - Make it as simple as possible, but no simpler. Don't dumb it down, just don't complicate it - For each page/window, know exactly what the user wants to do there. - Make things clear, easy to see, and easy to learn - Have a…

Forgot - Feedback. Users need to know when they have performed an action correctly.