Updates

  1. Person pages list letters, writing, profiles and links as sortable tables with filters, and show each person's companies as links; Fund letters show each letter's description in its own column.
  2. Experts show a checked job title and a short description of each person; 30 more people have photographs.
  3. Every company, fund, university and publication the experts work for has a page listing the people there.
  4. Fund letters show each letter's thesis and filter by it; 225 person pages list the essays, columns and newsletter issues the person wrote.
  5. Person pages list every essay and newsletter issue a person wrote, and their own books as a table in List view.
  6. Recommends shows the five largest kinds of book and the rest under More; browse pictures load sooner.
  7. Podcasts and talks link the original episode, filter by Audio and video or Press, and list each publisher once.
  8. Pages are wider, Recommends has List and Grid, and a filter clicked again turns off.
  9. Book cards sit in a ruled grid with Open Library and Goodreads links and each book's one-line note.
  10. Funds is now Investors; each investor's styles are buttons that filter the table.
  11. Podcasts and talks on a person's page filter by year and publisher and show as a list or a grid of pictures.
  12. Quotes show only people's own words: 472 summaries written by list sites are gone.
  13. Country pages open from Browse again, and every link on the shelf lands on a page.
  14. Subject and person pages show their sections as tabs, and each book appears once on a person's page.
  15. Book cards show the quote, who said it and the source; grids show five cards to a row.
  16. On a phone, a menu holds the sections, search, Updates, Feedback and dark mode.
  17. Feedback takes a screenshot of the page with no browser prompt, opens a screenshot full size when you click it, and clears itself once sent.
  18. Book cards are centred, search names the topic each book sits in, and any text cut short shows whole on hover.
  19. Search groups its results by kind: people, companies, geographies, subjects, topics, books, funds, fund letters and papers.
  20. The Books table lists who recommended each book by name, and the browser tab names the section you are in.
  21. Feedback can take a screenshot of the page, or one you paste or choose, and opens in the corner beside Updates.
  22. Each rail button reopens its section where you left it, and Browse, Table and People show on every book and subject page.
  23. Filters grey out choices that hold nothing instead of hiding them, and Books › People filters by authors or recommenders.
  24. Feedback takes a subject line and up to three screenshots.
  25. Biographies are grouped by the person they are about: 41 new pages, from Abraham Lincoln to Lee Kuan Yew.
  26. Sport splits into 23 sports, and Religion into one topic per faith.
  27. Book lists show as cards: the cover, one recommendation quote and every recommender by name.
  28. Seventeen subjects that had two or three pages under different names now have one page each.
  29. Every page lists its Experts as authors and recommenders, with a link to them on the Experts tab.
  30. Economics, Financial history, Financial panics and Accounting are subjects of their own, with one page per financial crisis.
  31. Book, person and subject pages open inside the app, so the tabs stay in view.
  32. 996 more book covers, and photographs or logos for 227 more people and companies.
  33. Books › Browse shows every subject as cards, and the rail holds Fund letters, Papers, Experts, Books and Funds.
  34. Every topic over 150 books splits into narrower topics, each with a page of its own.

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User experience and web design

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This niche holds books on interaction design, usability testing, web typography, CSS and accessibility, written for people who design software and websites.

Books 35Experts 3Recommenders 23

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  1. Notes on the Synthesis of FormChristopher Alexander, 1964
  2. The Inmates Are Running the AsylumAlan Cooper, 1999
  3. Community Building on the WebAmy Jo Kim, 2000
  4. The Humane InterfaceJef Raskin, 2000
  5. User Interface Design for ProgrammersJoel Spolsky, 2001
Notes on the Synthesis of FormNotes on the Synthesis of Form
T4 Notes on the Synthesis of Form
Christopher Alexander · 1964
Open LibraryGoodreads

The process of design: how to invent things with new physical order and form.

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

The Inmates Are Running the Asylum
T4 The Inmates Are Running the Asylum
Alan Cooper · 1999
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Brian Armstrong, Patrick Collison and 2 others

Community Building on the WebCommunity Building on the Web
T4 Community Building on the Web
Amy Jo Kim · 2000
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Nir Eyal

The Humane InterfaceThe Humane Interface
T4 The Humane Interface
Jef Raskin · 2000
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Patrick Collison, Bret Victor and 1 other

User Interface Design for ProgrammersUser Interface Design for Programmers
T4 User Interface Design for Programmers
Joel Spolsky · 2001
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Ev Williams

Defensive Design for the WebDefensive Design for the Web
T4 Defensive Design for the Web
Matthew Linderman, Jason Fried · 2004
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: John Maeda

Web Standards SolutionsWeb Standards Solutions
T4 Web Standards Solutions
Dan Cederholm · 2004
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Zack Onisko

Bulletproof Web DesignBulletproof Web Design
T4 Bulletproof Web Design
Dan Cederholm · 2005
Open LibraryGoodreads

“When I first started MetaLab, Dan Cederholm was my hero. Bulletproof Web Design was the first book I read when I was learning the ropes.” — Andrew Wilkinson

Source: Essay

Recommended by: Andrew Wilkinson

Sketching User ExperiencesSketching User Experiences
T4 Sketching User Experiences
Bill Buxton · 2007
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Nir Eyal

Rocket Surgery Made EasyRocket Surgery Made Easy
T4 Rocket Surgery Made Easy
Steve Krug · 2009
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Nir Eyal

Design for HackersDesign for Hackers
T4 Design for Hackers
David Kadavy · 2011
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: David Kadavy

Designing Data Visualizations: Representing Designing Data Visualizations: Representing Informational Relationships
T4 Designing Data Visualizations: Representing Informational Relationships
Noah P. N. Iliinsky, Julie Steele · 2011
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

Designing the ObviousDesigning the Obvious
T4 Designing the Obvious
Robert Hoekman · 2011
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Melanie Perkins

Gamification by DesignGamification by Design
T4 Gamification by Design
Gabe Zichermann · 2011
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Nir Eyal

Lean UXLean UX
T4 Lean UX
Jeff Gothelf, Josh Seiden · 2012
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Recommended by: Andy Budd, Sophie Bakalar

Make It SoMake It So
T4 Make It So
Nathan Shedroff, Christopher Noessel · 2012
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Andy Budd

Customers IncludedCustomers Included
T4 Customers Included
Mark Hurst · 2013
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Albert Wenger

Product Design for the WebProduct Design for the Web
T4 Product Design for the Web
Randy J. Hunt · 2013
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Ron Conway

The User Experience Team of OneThe User Experience Team of One
T4 The User Experience Team of One
Leah Buley · 2013
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Andy Budd

User Story MappingUser Story Mapping
T4 User Story Mapping
Jeff Patton · 2013
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Marty Cagan

CSS SecretsCSS Secrets
T4 CSS Secrets
Lea Verou · 2014
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: John Maeda

On Web Typography
T4 On Web Typography
Jason Santa Maria · 2014
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How to judge typefaces, work within technical limits and build web type systems.

Recommended by: Jeremiah Shoaf

Type on Screen
T4 Type on Screen
Ellen Lupton · 2014
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Jeremiah Shoaf

The Best Interface Is No InterfaceThe Best Interface Is No Interface
T4 The Best Interface Is No Interface
Golden Krishna · 2015
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: George Hatzis

Design for Real LifeDesign for Real Life
T4 Design for Real Life
Sara Wachter-Boettcher, Eric Meyer · 2016
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Johnnie Gomez

Accessibility for EveryoneAccessibility for Everyone
T4 Accessibility for Everyone
Laura Kalbag · 2017
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Johnnie Gomez

Web TypographyWeb Typography
T4 Web Typography
Richard Rutter · 2017
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Jeremiah Shoaf

Better Web Typography for a Better Web
T4 Better Web Typography for a Better Web
Matej Latin · 2018
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Jeremiah Shoaf

Flexible Typesetting
T4 Flexible Typesetting
Tim Brown · 2018
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Jeremiah Shoaf

Expressive Design Systems
T4 Expressive Design Systems
Yesenia Perez-Cruz · 2019
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Johnnie Gomez

User FriendlyUser Friendly
T4 User Friendly
Cliff Kuang, Robert Fabricant · 2019
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Austen Allred, Jordan Hughes

About Face 2.0: The Essentials of InteractioAbout Face 2.0: The Essentials of Interaction Design
T4 About Face 2.0: The Essentials of Interaction Design
Goodreads

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

About Face 3: The Essentials of Interaction About Face 3: The Essentials of Interaction Design
T4 About Face 3: The Essentials of Interaction Design
Goodreads

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

Twenty Bits I Learned
T4 Twenty Bits I Learned
Dan Cederholm
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Recommended by: Johnnie Gomez

UX Bites
T4 UX Bites
Gabriel Kirmaier
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Recommended by: Ran Segall

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