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Summary: Get a better book than this.
Review: Although there is a lot of information in this book if you're willing to pound through it, I wish I had never bought it. It is extremely difficult to find information. Mine has a broken binding from having smashed it against the wall out of frustration. Thank your lucky stars this one is out of print.
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Summary: If you think web designing is easy...think twice! :)
Review: At first I thought making a website is easy as typing in stuffs that you wanna say and put all sorts of pics that you fancy, but after I have read this book which I happened to have borrowed first from a friend, I learned that there's something else in it (I wasn't really satisfied in just borrowing it so I did bought a copy!). The author really knows her way on how to make even the simplest webpage have its own value to the point that it can make it to the market level. It's like teaching a neophyte in webdesigning to be a real pro! From colors to fonts and graphics and more, I think there's nothing else that you'd miss out on this great book! a must-have for every serious web designer.
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Summary: Good book for beginners.
Review: Big, long, with errors (not only typos, but actual HTML errors) and basically obsolete.
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Summary: save your money, do not buy this book
Review: How can a book be 901 pages? Every "page" is two sided, therefore, there must have been 902 pages. Or possibly more to have been printed efficiantly. DPC
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Summary: Well-written guide to intelligent web design. Excellent!
Review: Ok, I admit, I bought the book because of the cover, but afterwards I was glad I did. Web by Design is different from most of the (generally substandard) books available. It doesn't teach you HTML, CGI, Java, JavaScript, or the latest stupid tricks and gimmicks. Instead, it focusses on the fundamentals of EFFECTIVE DEISGN. It contains a whopping 901 pages filled with quality advice from a professional web designer. You learn how to use graphics effectively, the principals of layout, the science of typography, how color and shape can be used, how to write and structure content, and much, much more. The well-written Web by Design also comes with a 32 page full-color insert on the 216 Web-safe colors and color combinations, as well as reviews, quizes, and its very own website. Overall, Web By Design is a fabulous book that is perfect for those who have at least some HTML background, as well as experts in graphic design, advertising, and printing who wish to expand their skills into web design. It's not subtitled "The Complete Guide" without reason.
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Summary: Important Topics covered but written poorly
Review: This book is nicely organized, but weighted down (figuratively AND literally) by repetition and unessential conversational language. Structured like a textbook, the last chapter of each section is a review with quizes and exercises. Various and important topics crucial to web design are discussed, and is written in a nontechnical language very easy to understand, although at times the information seems cursory. The conversational language the author uses detracts rather than enhances the text with the non-computer related analogies she uses. On the plus side, there are plenty and a wide selection of different web page examples with source codes. This book contains important basic design information of which every designer should be aware, but the size (it's big and heavy) of the book could be cut down by 1/3 and still retain all its informational content with examples. If you like an introductory web design book that speaks in a user-friendly voice this book might be worth looking through. But the more advanced web developer who prefers more technical depth would do better to look for another design book.
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