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Defensive Design for the Web
Wisconsin Bookwatch, Sept, 2004
Defensive Design For The Web
Matthew Linderman & Jason Fried
New Riders
c/o Pearson Technology Group
801 East 96h Street, #300, Indianapolis, IN 46240-3759
www.newriders.com
073571410X $24.99 1-800-428-5331
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Defensive Design For The Web: How To Improve Error Messages, Help, Forms, And Other Crisis Points by the "37 signals" team of Matthew Linderman and Jason Fried is a straightforward guide for web designers to creating sites that are less likely to encounter problems that give the browser errors such as "file not found" or worse. Black-and-white screenshots and highlighted tips add a strong visual and example component to the discussed principles. Featuring 40 guidelines to prevent errors, hundreds of real-world examples from companies like Amazon and Google, a simple test to evaluate one's own site, and much more, Defensive Design For The Web is a "must-have" resource for anyone charged with building or maintaining a website bigger than a digital breadbox.
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