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2.0 out of 5 stars Poorly oragnized, but not totally useless, Aug 28 2002

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John Tangney "jdtangney.com" (Berkeley, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: CASCADING STYLE SHEETS: DESIGNING FOR THE WEB (Paperback)

There are some issues with this book that are purely the publisher's fault. (I am sure the authors are just as annoyed as I am.) Let's get them out of the way first.

Inside the back and front covers are what appears to be a handy quick reference. Great idea - except almost all the page numbers are wrong! That makes it completely useless. I have scratched in corrections in my copy, but I am not about to do a complete revision. The first edition had this same flaw, and I had hoped that the second would fix the problem.

The index is iffy. That's probably a clue right there to the wishy-washy structure of the book. It seems to be all over the place, with crucial bits of information about a topic filed away under some other topic, often in an example. As a reference work, it's very, very poor. It's written as if the reader is going to read it from start to finish and remember its entire contents. Yeah right.

Finally, the complete lack of real-world information about just how badly the various browsers support CSS is rather annoying. Sure, I understand that that stuff gets out of date quickly, but for designers who are targeting NS 4.7, it's useful to know what works and what doesn't.

Its sole saving grace (those two stars) is that is does in fact cover most of CSS - by hook or by crook. The examples, though contrived (and again, unrelated to the real world) do illustrate the concepts to a greater or lesser degree.

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3.0 out of 5 stars So so... Probably not for an absolute beginner, Mar 24 2002

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Lisa Bradshaw (Pompano Beach, Fl USA) - See all my reviews

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This book is so so. It's got me through some tight spots while designing. The down side is that it has no real structure to it. It is all over the place when looking for specific topics and doesn't seem to have any coherent order to it. The index could be better. There are also not a lot of good examples. If you are an absolute beginner, you should pass this one by and get O'reily's CSS Definitive Guide instead.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Buy this book if you are new to CSS., Sep 21 2001

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Tom Cervenka (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews

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That's what I did and I'm glad I did. This is not the only book you'll need but it is the one you must have. If you are new to CSS, you'll also be new to it's structure and syntax and this book explains this better than any others I've read. The classification of HTML elements into CSS element types (ie. block vs. inline) is hardly seen elsewhere.

I think the extensive discussion on fonts was interesting and required for understanding how to code CSS so the browsers will display what you want or as close as you can get. I also enjoyed the style and look of the book itself.

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5.0 out of 5 stars I wouldn't have a job without this book
This book is absolutely indispensable. I don't have any other CSS books and I knew nothing of CSS before I started, but now I know it like the back of my hand. Read more

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4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent CSS tutorial and valuable reference.
Prior to purchasing this book, the only things I knew how to do were make links so that they weren't underlined and change the color of some text. Read more

Published on Nov 30 2000 by steveosan