- Paperback: 496 pages
- Publisher: O'Reilly Media; 2 edition (30 Aug 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0596000359
- ISBN-13: 978-0596000356
- Product Dimensions: 23.5 x 18.1 x 3.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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- #54 in Books > Science & Nature > Engineering & Technology > Engineering Skills & Design > Computer Aided Design (CAD)
- #79 in Books > Reference > Directories > Internet
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In chapter 6 of Information Architecture for the World Wide Web, the authors discuss the details of good search-engine design. In a bitingly humorous segment, they analyse a Web site's search-page results: "Let's say you're interested in knowing what the New Jersey sales tax is ... So you go to the State of New Jersey web site and search on sales tax. The 20 results are scored at either 84% or 82% relevant. Why does each document receive only one of two scores? ... And what the heck makes a document 2% more relevant than another?"
With a swift and convincing stroke, the authors of Information Architecture for the World Wide Web tear down many entrenched ideas about Web design. Flashy animation is cool, they agree, as long as it doesn't irritate the viewer. Nifty clickable icons are nice, but are their meanings universal? Is the search engine providing results that are useful and relevant? This book acts as a mirror and with careful questioning causes the reader to think through all the elements and decisions required for well-crafted Web design. --Jennifer Buckendorff --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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"Full of essential information, this is a book that should be required reading for anyone working with any web technologies." PC Plus, Jan 2003
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24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent overview - second edition required!,
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This review is from: Information Architecture for the World Wide Web: Designing Large-Scale Web Sites (Paperback)
For someone fairly new to the area, I can't recommend this book enough. The book is well researched and written in an accessible style - sometimes not an easy thing to do in an area like this. A couple of minor points: - The book actually gives some useful pointers for IA for Intranets as well as 'the web' - this should be made more clear - I don't feel that the book gives adequate information on site maps - Some of the illustrations look old - this has the result of the book looking like it's out of date - it isn't! These are minor gripes, however, and should not distract you from buying this book.
19 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Rather Old, Rather Tired,
By Jonathan (England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Information Architecture for the World Wide Web: Designing Large-Scale Web Sites (Paperback)
This was possibly the first book to use the words "information architecture" in its title that most people ever encountered. It's since become one of the defining IA texts. However, it has not aged very well at all. The discipline of IA has evoloved rapidly over the intervening years, and the view this book has of the field is really now only one facet of it - essentially that of libriarianship and information organisation rather than the wider activities of interaction design and "user experience" that IA has now widened into.However, as a good, if rather boring introduction to some concepts that budding information architects will need, it's a marginally worthwhile read. The polar bear on the cover is rather a good choice of animal in this case.
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Thought provoking book,
By TeaMan (Uk) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Information Architecture for the World Wide Web: Designing Large-Scale Web Sites (Paperback)
The book has many good areas to stimulate thought on the some of the things you should be considering when building applications. Some areas such as librarian practices will have little use in every day work.Not really a reference book for building usable applications, more of a good night time read. But for those of you who believe that usability is a big issue that many people overlook, you'll find a friend in this book.
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