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.