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Summary: Just in case you didn't notice...
Review: ... there is a new, second edition of this book for 2000. I'd hate for you to order the older version without realizing that there was a more current one - especially with the speed with which the internet changes!
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Summary: Best Intro to Web Design Book!
Review: I am a technical writer and I took a web design class using Dreamweaver, Photoshop and Illustrator before I read the book. This book covers everything that we skipped in our classes which was the basics. This book explains what I needed to know from definitions of technology, to searching the internet, to web authoring tools (Dreamweaver vs. HTML), to site design, to good vs. bad design. This book made something that is usually presented very badly and made difficult, into something very simple that everyone could use. They are great writers and the book is handy even if you know HTML, it teaches you some new things that you can do with web authoring software are difficult to do with straight coding.
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Summary: This is a great book!
Review: I am a multimedia professor and I have been looking for a book which puts together a "follow-through" on all of the variables that are out there between HTML and web-development applications. If you are looking for this, then this is the book for you. The authors don't make any bones about the fact that they cannot teach you everything. And there is a law of marketing that states that candor is one of the best selling tools. Candor is what this book is about. You do have to sift between what is possible with what is practical, but if you are not willing to do your homework, then don't buy this book. There are many points in this book where you have to put it down and go somewhere else to continue, but I feel that this book is a great place to come back to. I have used Ms. Williams other text (The Non-designers Design Book) to get across many aspects of design in my classroom. "CRAP" (Contrast, Repetition, Alignment and Proximity) has been the best thing to come down the pike since sliced bread, and now I am happy to say that this text increases the strength of "CRAP" ten-fold. The only reason that I didn't give this book five stars is because there isn't a CD-ROM attached to the book to help elucidate the concepts contained within it (hint, hint) Thanks, Robin!
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Summary: Run, don't walk, and buy this book!
Review: This book has everything a How-To book should have...to-the-point text, specific examples & samples, entertaining copy, wonderful graphics. I had to resist the urge to dog-ear each page, knowing that I would want to refer to it later. Written in a way that gives you vivid detail, but not too wordy or technical. I LOVE this book, and imagine it would be useful to readers at any level of design (casual to experienced).
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Summary: Ideal for managers of web designers and content providers
Review: Imagine a how-to book you can't wait to get back to. The authors address to my need for organizing thoughts and files and give me clear directions-- helping me understand how to provide content to a designer. Indeed, this book gives the very directions that I begged for (in vain) recently from a local web design firm. If you need to visualize how building a web site works before just jumping in, this will help -- and inspire you. Either for managing web site creation or do-it-yourself
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Summary: fun to read ..............
Review: When i bought this book i didnt have a clue how to design web sites,other web design books i have read i get bored and just put them to one side,but this book i had fun reading it,it was really easy to understand and didnt put it down till i had finished.I now own my own web design company in the UK.If you want a fun and easy way to learn web design which isnt based on a certain software programme BUY IT!
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Summary: Web design promotion package
Review: After reading this book, I hope that Adobe, Mac Computers and Netscape are paying a healthy fee for the continuous plugs that their products receive.The information is somewhat realistic and helpful, but tends to wander from anecdotal to informational. The complete downplay of the need for understanding what that nasty code means is the reason that so many web pages have broken links and non-display graphics. To take a novice from ground-zero to interactive frames in one book is too much. As an introduction, this book covers too much information in too little depth to be helpful.
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Summary: WOW!
Review: This is a great book! I am not very computer-programming or web design literate, but this helped me get my own website up and running!
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Summary: I purchased this book on reviewers' recommendations...
Review: ...and I was not disappointed! I want to thank all the people that reviewed this book before me. The positive comments helped me purchase a GREAT book that I would not have found otherwise. From the first few pages I KNEW that this book would help me understand web design. Even the chapters that they tell you to skip if you already have a basic knowledge of, (such as the chapter on the Internet) were extremely useful. I would NOT SKIP A THING in this book. It is PACKED with information to help the novice thru more advanced, in a very easy to understand tone. BUY THIS BOOK...YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED!
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Summary: Not just for beginners!
Review: While more experienced HTML coders will be able to skip the first few chapters, this book is still a valuable resource for any skill level. Robin and John break down basic design principals and set forth straightforward guidelines for evaluating the visual effectiveness of a web site. For folks like me who are long on technical savvy but lacking in basic design principals, this book can help turn a so-so website into a real head-turner. At a time when every wannabe with a WYSIWYG editor wants to be called a web developer, it's nice to have a tool like this book to keep an edge on the competition!
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