Why read Letting Go of the Words?

Book cover of Letting Go of the Words: Writing Web Content that Works

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Web site design and development continues to become more sophisticated. An important part of this maturity originates with well-laid-out and well-written content. Ginny Redish is a world-renowned expert on information design and how to produce clear writing in plain language for the web. All of the invaluable information that she…

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Why read it?

1 author picked Letting Go of the Words as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Jeff Johnson

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When people browse or search the Web for information, they don’t read; they scan, looking for anything matching their goal. Scan, click, scan, click, etc.

Most web designers include waaay too much text in their sites, slowing people down, frustrating poor readers (which unfortunately is a large percentage of the population). Most text on the Web is simply ignored.

I like Ginny’s book because it does a great job of driving that point home and explaining how to cut the text down to what is necessary. It has become a classic in the UX and Web design fields.

From Jeff's list on The best books on making digital technology usable and useful.