Information Architecture for the World Wide Web: Designing Large-Scale Web Sites
The post-Ajaxian Web 2.0 world of wikis, folksonomies, and mashups makes well-planned information architecture even more essential. How do you present large volumes of information to people who need to find what they're looking for quickly? This classic primer shows information architects, designers, and web site developers how to build large-scale and maintainable web sites that are appealing and easy to navigate.
The new edition is thoroughly updated to address emerging technologies -- with recent examples, new scenarios, and information on best practices -- while maintaining its focus on fundamentals. With topics that range from aesthetics to mechanics, Information Architecture for the World Wide Web explains how to create interfaces that users can understand right away. Inside, you'll find:
- An overview of information architecture for both newcomers and experienced practitioners
- The fundamental components of an architecture, illustrating the interconnected nature of these systems. Updated, with updates for tagging, folksonomies, social classification, and guided navigation
- Tools, techniques, and methods that take you from research to strategy and design to implementation. This edition discusses blueprints, wireframes and the role of diagrams in the design phase
- A series of short essays that provide practical tips and philosophical advice for those who work on information architecture
- The business context of practicing and promoting information architecture, including recent lessons on how to handle enterprise architecture
- Case studies on the evolution of two large and very different information architectures, illustrating best practices along the way
How do you document the rich interfaces of web applications? How do you design for multiple platforms and mobile devices? With emphasis on goals and approaches over tactics or technologies, this enormously popular book gives you knowledge about information architecture with a framework that allows you to learn new approaches -- and unlearn outmoded ones.
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40 Reviews
| From: Amazon Posted: Sep 19, 2007 Type: User Review |
Good enough
This is a perfectly good resource, if you're looking for the theoretical underpinnings of how IA should work. I was, however, looking for more specifically technical information, along the lines of algorithms and integration techniques. For this...
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 4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 22, 2007 Type: User Review |
A lifesaver
As project manager, I was in a bind when our contract information architect failed to understand the complexities of our matrixed business model and client base. Rosenfeld's book helped me design a IA for our 700 page HTML site that has since been...
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 5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 16, 2007 Type: User Review |
Intriguing Title (3rdEd)
In "Part I - Intro to IA," obviously the basics are covered, like what exactly is IA? What does an Information Architect do? After reading this title, I would define an Information Architect as a glorified content manager. Someone that occupies...
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4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 12, 2007 Type: User Review |
Excellent reference
The topic of the Polar Bear is very defined and focused, and the book reflects this. It's a bit dry - reads much like stereo instructions - but for someone who is dedicated to exploring content and information architecture in depth, there's...
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4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 02, 2007 Type: User Review |
Very biased book
In general, this book contains some useful yet common sense information. This book is more about how to become a talker than a worker. I read through and found the first half confirmed my experience and the second half is a bust. If you want to...
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 1.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: May 24, 2007 Type: User Review |
An ok overview of the topic, with very little useful info
Although this book does provide a nice overview of the field of IA, it provided me with very little useful information in regards to advanced IA techniques and practices. The few bits of useful information that I found we're sandwiched between...
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 2.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: May 13, 2007 Type: User Review |
Great Book - covering all the nuts and bolts of IA
Very good book that has some really good sections on IA documentation, planning navigation, and good tools for putting things to gether. All chapters have plenty examples of web sites so you can visualize what is being taught. This book was used...
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Mar 10, 2007 Type: User Review |
Somewhat heavy on theory
What this book does is show you how librarians fit into 21st century. The book does very good promotion of IA itself, and shows why it's important.
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4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Feb 11, 2007 Type: User Review |
Eye opening
This book really opened my eyes, as I haven't really thought about Information Architecture as a discipline, which is probably a natural thing for me, as I am a programmer. What I found intriguing about this book is the "take a step back"...
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Feb 03, 2007 Type: User Review |
It's an excellent choice for any web workers who would keep up with web evolution and how it changes.
Peter Morville & Louis Rosenfeld's INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE FOR THE WORLD WIDE WEB, 3RD EDITION provides a newly updated edition to cover emerging technologies for both newcomers and web designers alike. Here are the basic tools, techniques and...
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