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Great premise--OK execution - Goodreads Fantastic introduction to interface design. - Goodreads I read it to gain insight into software usability. - Goodreads Great book for simple but obvious insights. - Goodreads First of all, the book references illustrations. - Goodreads Review: The Design of Everyday ThingsUser Review - Leonard Houx - GoodreadsIronically this book - so full of wisdom on design - is itself badly designed. Whilst the typesetting is awful, the real problem is the writing. Norman uses the same examples for entirely different ... Read full review Review: The Design of Everyday ThingsUser Review - Nathan Collier - GoodreadsThe ideas here are really important. Basically that design and usability are vital, and often lacking, from the things we use everyday. We blame ourselves for being too stupid to use a technology, but ... Read full review Related books
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