A Pattern Language for Web Usability is a practical guide for web designers and managers of web development projects.  The book should be used as a simple checklist for designers, developers, managers, in fact, anyone who goes through the design process.

How to design great websites using software patterns as a guide! 

• The first book on using design patterns to achieve web usability.
• Ian Graham describes his unique pattern language for web sites known as wu (web usability).  Within wu he offers 79 individual web usability patterns.
• The book will bring together elements of two computer book classics:  Design Patterns (Gamma) and Designing Web Usability (Nielson).
• This book will help the millions of web designers who need to design effective and uasble web sites.
• Beautiful full colour design.

User Level:

Intermediate

Audience:

Practical guide for web designers and managers of web site development projects.  The book will also appeal to the patterns and HCI communities.

Technology:

Patterns are standard solutions to recuring design problems.  A pattern language enables these solutions to be linked into sequences to address particular applications.

Author Biography:

Ian Graham is an industry consultant with over 20 years experience: a practitioner in IT for over 25.  He is internationally recognized as an authority on business modelling, object-oriented software and software development processes.  He is the author of 13 books including the bestelling Object Oriented Methods 3ed from Addison Wesley.