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Review title: A very disappointing read
Product review: This book might help a beginner, but I mean REALLY, anyone who uses web applications on a regular basis and pays attention to the details, already knows this stuff. There are many other books that do a much better job at explaining the fine details and standards of interface design. My other problem with this book, is that it reads like a boring text book. I had to fight to keep from falling asleep! Unlike, "Information Architecture for the world wide web", a GREAT book from O'reilly that presents real world design problems & solutions, "Designing Interfaces" seemed like it was written by a non-designer, or "text book" designer, with very little "real world" experience in visual user interface design. At the end of the day, the most important information to be gained from instructional design books is the shared experience of the designer that wrote it. This is far more helpful than a book of design patterns.Two thumbs down :-(
