Transcending CSS: The Fine Art of Web Design
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- ISBN13: 9780321410979
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- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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As the Web evolves to incorporate new standards and the latest browsers offer new possibilities for creative design, the art of creating?Web sites is also changing. Few Web designers are experiences programmers, and as a result, working with semantic markup and CSS?can create roadblocks to achieving truly beautiful designs using all the resources available. Add to this the pressures of presenting exceptional design to clients and employers, without compromising … More >>
Transcending CSS: The Fine Art of Web Design
February 27th, 2010 at 11:41 pm
This book I thought was a pretty nice, awesome looking book, and it is…
…Until he starts getting into the new CSS standard, which really doesn’t help anyone on today’s browsers, therefore isn’t a really viable solution for now. This will be a great book in like a year or 2, but for anyone who really wants to be able to design CSS for websites in all browsers (Explorer, Firefox, etc) then this is not your book.
This guy should have stuck to the current standard, he would of been much better off. Rating: 1 / 5
February 28th, 2010 at 1:40 am
Ok this is a very LOOSE review because I haven’t completely finished the book yet, I am on the last chapter which is basically when the book decides to take off. First 250 some odd pages are fluff, honestly. I can’t quite see how many people have given this book a “great” review. If you are looking for a book that will teach you CSS DO NOT GET THIS BOOK. I don’t know what i was expecting from this book however it definitely fell short of whatever it was i was looking for. Lets see, yeah its a pretty book riddled with misc pictures pertaining to just about NOTHING, pages upon pages (IMO) wasted with pretty pictures that I can see in any magazine. Inspiration, pffft.
I went from Beginning CSS Web Development: From Novice to Professional by Simon Collision (great book) to this. I thought maybe (from reading the description) this book may help inspire me but you know what a book (like this) cannot inspire you unless your that easily inspired to throw 30+ bucks away.
As I said this book doesn’t take off for quite a while, if your like me you want a book to TEACH YOU CSS. Simon Collision’s book did just that, i wanted to expand upon that with good visual designs and sites that were torn down and analyzed. That is done in this book but not as much as I would have like have seen. Many (including the authors) are calling this book a marvel of modern web design techniques and a “masterpiece in its own regard”. I disagree. It is an “ok” book, maybe my expectations are too much but I don’t think this book will inspire too much, goto a museum, sit outside, paint, read a newspaper, maybe that will inspire.
I just feel very disappointed by this book, so much so that I think it may be on its way back to amazon, its quite boring and if your like me your wondering when the hell is this thing going to take off, stop with the pretty pictures and show me sites and tear them apart. That is the best way to learn right?
I’m off to CSS Mastery and Bulletproof web design after this, maybe I should have read this book last for “inspiration”.
Please don’t think i’m a sour puss for giving this book a not so great review but I have to be a realist here and let those who are searching for an innovative CSS book to beware. If your a css master and are just damn bored and want flip through a picture book for 200 pages then by all means go ahead whip out your Amex, otherwise steer clear and pick up Beginning CSS Web Development and CSS Mastery.
Maybe I will have to reread this book although I think the pretty pictures won’t inspire me the second go around anyway.
Good luck.
Rating: 3 / 5
February 28th, 2010 at 2:50 am
It is the best book covering the artistic side of web design, it has many examples and amazing illustrations, the development of the topics is smooth and it is a pleasure to read. Rating: 5 / 5
February 28th, 2010 at 3:40 am
This is seriously the best book I have ever bought for web design – for every aspect of my design work! Highly recommended by me! It is very in-depth about all the important parts of the process and offers brilliant ways to maximize the output of your project, especially when working with a client. He takes the time to start from the basic design process and works up through the final product. Excellent in every way. My new favorite book. I carry it everywhere with me. Rating: 5 / 5
February 28th, 2010 at 4:20 am
While it has excellent pictures, the book is lacking “how”
Design Is great, But I want meat!
Looking for another book on CSS of the mechanics of CSS, in my sights is Eric Meyer…
Rating: 2 / 5