Don't Make Me Think is a book by Steve Krug about human-computer interaction and web usability. The book's premise is that a good software program or web site should let users accomplish their intended tasks as easily and directly as possible.

In this blog, I will try to summarize the book in a short and simple way...

What is UX?

User experience is about how a user interacts with, and experiences, a particular product, system or service. It includes a person's perceptions of utility, ease of use, and efficiency.

What is UI?

In the industrial design field of human-computer interaction, a user interface is a space where interactions between humans and machines occur.

1. First Law of Usability

• The first view of the website should tell the User what that website is about and what it will do.
• If the website has Navbar in Header or Sidebar, highlight the section to tell the user where they are in the website.

2. Design for Scanning, not Reading

• People don't read, they just scan the website.
• So highlight the Keyword.
• Keep the content Short and Simple.

3. Make Click mindless

• Try to have minimum clickable as much as possible for a viewport.
• Choose important Key clickables and highlight that more.
• Don't confuse the user with too many interactions.

4. Less is More

• Keep a minimum amount of content on a viewport.
• Avoid irrelevant/unnecessary content.
• Avoid instructions on the page.

5. Help Users to Navigate

• Navigate people around all the pages like a journey from different sections of the web page.

6. User Testing

• The main step for any development is user testing.
• You develop the webpage by keeping in mind all the above points.
• Later you need to give the webpage for human testing and have to collect their experience details with the website and should improve on those points.
• This step has to be done periodically.

These are the above points that I have noted down from the book. Please feel free to improve the content or correct me if I'm wrong.

Thank you!!!