Lukas is one of the preeminent thinkers in the field of user experience & user interface design and if this book is anything like his blog, it'll be a must-buy for anyone working on software that other people use. Congrats!
I'm not big in the scene so was unaware of his blog, but hearing such praise makes me more interested in getting it to help me unsuck the UI in my own projects.
I just purchased this book in both formats and I am giddy with excitement to read it. But I just have to ask... does anyone else think the swiss army knife on the cover looks like some kind of horrifying insect?
The illustrations themselves are all okay, as far as I can tell; I've tried to make sure that they have enough contrast even on a greyscale screen like the Kindle's. However, there are some formatting issues with a few of the pictures on the regular-sized Kindle's screen. I'm not sure if these issues also appear on the DX. They might not, because they seem to occur due to the Kindle's small screen width.
I'll talk to my publisher to see if we can get these problems fixed.
I bought the DX specifically to solve the formatting problems on the little version. It makes code listing readable too. I will let you know how it reads. Cheers.
I'd be interested to know this, too. Fortunately the Pragmatics also let you download the PDF, which usually read well on the DX even though the navigation sucks.
This problem has now been fixed. If you've downloaded the book earlier, you can go to your pragprog account and download the updated version that fixes the formatting issues.
