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Title: Too much of nothing
Review: Nielsen's approach to teaching web design is "learning by example". The entire book is an endless series of screen dumps accompanied by Nielsen's comments about what is "good" and "bad" about the particular design. Unfortunately, most of the narration are only substantiated by "proof by pronunciation by eminent authority" (i.e. Nielsen himself). There is almost no reference to research, and very little resembling theory. There certainly is a lot of common sense expressed in the book, and an occasional tip and trick of to be utilised by a practising web designer may also from its pages of this book. But in its stated objective: to teach the student the fundamental principles of web site design, Nielsen's book fails miserably.
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