How to get better at UI design

by pw on 2/26/2010, 11:18 PM with 4 comments
  • by aberman on 2/27/2010, 12:10 AM

    For "Usability Testing", I would recommend Steve Krug's second book, "It's Not Rocket Surgery", rather than "Don’t Make Me Think".

    "It's Not Rocket Surgery" is entirely about usability testing, whereas his first book only dedicates 1-2 chapters to it.

  • by warwick on 2/27/2010, 1:23 AM

    Also in my top UI books shelf: Jenifer Tidwell's "Designing Interfaces". It's about patterns that show up in UI and when it's appropriate to use them. I browse it whenever I find myself with a UI issue that I'm not sure how to deal with.

  • by pierrefar on 2/27/2010, 11:39 AM

    What are good sketching software tools? I know about Balsamiq and Pencil, but I'm not a fan of either for various reasons.