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January 31, 2006

Book Review: The Design of Sites

Personally, I was only vaguely familiar with the use of patterns in web design. This book has opened my eyes not just on the use of patterns but seeing all of the patterns that I already use in my sites. More importantly, this books has opened my eyes on the use of patterns in a collaborative environment which is not really touched on but the correlation will be strong. The book itself begins with a few opening design chapters but the real value is the enormous collection of patterns ranging from temples, frameworks, navigation and even metadata patterns. The authors have done a great job at bringing the concepts of usability and HCI into a useful framework that can be used by anyone.
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Posted by Todd at January 31, 2006 11:07 PM