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	Web Design in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference a Nutshell (O'Reilly)) Jennifer Niederst Robbins O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2006 - 826 pages average customer review:based on 122 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Our popular reference, "Web Design in a Nutshell," is one of the first books to capture this new web landscape with an edition that's been completely rewritten and expanded to reflect the state of the art. In addition to being an authoritative reference for (X)HTML and Cascading Style Sheets, this book also provides an overview of the unique requirements of designing for the Web and gets to the nitty-gritty of JavaScript and DOM Scripting, web graphics optimization, and multimedia production. It is an indispensable tool for web designers and developers of all levels.

The third edition covers these contemporary web design topics:

Structural layer: HTML 4.01 and XHTML 1.0 (9 chapters), including an alphabetical reference of all elements, attributes and character entities

Presentation layer: Ten all-new chapters on Cascading Style Sheets, Level 2.1, including an alphabetical reference of all properties and values.

Behavior layer: JavaScript and scripting with the Document Object Model (DOM)

Web environment: New web standards, browsers, display devices, accessibility, and internationalization

Web graphics optimization: Producing lean and mean GIF, JPEG, PNG, and animated GIFs

Multimedia: Web audio, video, Flash, and PDF

Organized so that readers can find answers quickly, "Web Design in a Nutshell," Third Edition helps experienced designers come up to speed quickly on standards-based web design, and serves as a quick reference for those already familiar with the new standards and technology.

There are many books for web designers, but none that address such a wide variety of topics. Find out why nearly half a million buyers have made this the most popular web design book available.

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question

I read a lot of reviews. I have still 1 edition of this book from 2001 year.
And there was information how design stuff works for IE and Netscape.

But IE is sucks and Netscape is also and in all reviews of this book i saw only mention of IE.

Is there any information 'bout difference in how pages look in IE and Mozzila FireFox?


Very good book for CSS

I really enjoy this book. I used it to learn Cacading Style Sheets. A few years ago I had been part of a team to develop a web application where I used the "old" way of constructing a web page - with the tags, etc. I used this book to learn to separate page content from formatting using CSS. I find that it is a good reference book to have on my desk.

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Web Design in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference

Web Design in a Nutshell is not merely an updated edition of the previous book (2001) of the same title. Extremely quick substantial changes in the web design systems over these past few years simply wouldn't allow for such an update. Instead, the author has composed this book from the ground up to address the issues and concerns of web designers in 2006. This reference covers all the basics of web design how tos from basics like choosing text elements and creating links through more challenging topics such as optimization of graphics and using flash on web pages. However, the portion of the book that I found most useful was the sections on designing sites for a variety of different browsers and increasing accessibility on your website. Together, these aspects create an easy to understand guide for those individuals wanting an introduction to web design or as very solid reference material for current web designers.

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Great overview / refresher for me

I got this from the library to see how I liked it, and then ordered it. If you do websites and are overwhelmed by all the myriad details, and needing a quick clarification or reminder, you might want to add this to your library.


Web Design in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference

This comprehensive reference book covers every topic a web designer could need in 36 chapters. Numerous code examples and figures showing the end result make it easy to find and understand. As with so many of the website reference books published by O'Reilly Media, Inc., this book is an excellent addition to a web designer's library.

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