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In my opinion, Dr. Jakob Nielsen's guidelines for common-sense user-interface design are the best we have at this time. Some consider him outdated due to his minimalist leanings, but they appeal to me in principle and his data is hard to argue with. His revised "Durability of Usability Guidelines" is an excellent overview for Web designers.

Other worthwhile sources:

"Don't Make Me Think!"
by Steve Krug and Roger Black
(Very practical, hands-on approach; well-written.)
"Handbook of Usability Testing"
by Jeffrey Rubin
(A bit on the dry, academic side, but key to understanding the subject.)
"The Art and Science of Web Design"
by Jeffrey Veen
(Another well-written book by one of the pioneers of Web design.)

In the end, it still comes down to experience, not to mention compassion for people such as yourself who have a job to do and need to efficiently gather data on the Internet. I'm on the Web every day; I know what works and what doesn't. Let me put my experience to work for you.

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