Steve Krug (born 1950)
[https://builtin.com/design-ux/simplicity-ux-steve-krug-interview] is a UX (User Experience) professional based in
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Chestnut Hill is a wealthy New England village located west of downtown Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is best known for being home to Boston College and a section of the Boston Marathon route. Like all Massachusetts villages, Ch ...
.
[ He is best known for his book '']Don't Make Me Think
''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 pos ...
'' about human-computer interaction and web usability
Web usability of a website consists of broad goals of usability, presentation of information, choices made in a clear and concise way, a lack of ambiguity and the placement of important items in appropriate areas as well as ensuring that the cont ...
, which is in its third edition with over 700,000 copies sold. He also heads a one-man consulting firm called Advanced Common Sense. Krug offers in-house workshops where he teaches do-it-yourself usability testing
Usability testing is a technique used in user-centered interaction design to evaluate a product by testing it on users. This can be seen as an irreplaceable usability practice, since it gives direct input on how real users use the system. It is mo ...
and provides targeted advice to clients on web usability strategies.[ Krug published ''Rocket Surgery Made Easy: The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Finding and Fixing Usability Problems'' in 2009.
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References
External links
Website for Krug's consulting firm
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1950 births
Living people
Information architects
Artists from Massachusetts