Customer Reviews
Transcending CSS and reaching another level - By: Sandy, 05 Jul 2008 
Ok , ok let's keep thingsin proportion here - it's not a bible! But it is a gorgeous book trying to show us what we CAN achieve on the webin visual terms - hence the great photography. And, yes, it gives us Andy's perspective on the state of the web as it is & what the future holds - all very interesting & relevant but left me champing at the bit to get to the gist of the book. Well it was worth the wait - dig deeper & there are so many useful tips & guidelines within the book that I now use it as my main source of inspiration. Andy challenges current methods & thinking, adds a new dimension to web design & focuses on best practice. I have read numerous books on CSS-based web design (Dan Cederholm's Bulletproof included) but this book has taken my understanding to a new level & solved a few long-standing problems along the way. It's not an easy read for an amateur like me but we do get therein the end. And, sadly, I have now ruined my beautiful book with my great big pink highlighter pen as there are too many important points to miss.
From A Programmers View This Absolute Rubbish - By: Andrew Powell, 16 Apr 2008 
I see that most people though this book was good, but a few said that they too came from a programming background & found this to be lackingin content.
I too come from a programming background & found it very lackingin content. The book is filled with irrelevant full page images of rubbish. Yes rubbish asin just random pictures of stuff?????? (I would say half of the book is just full page images, with no relevance whatsoever)
I was not impressed & after forcing myself to go through it, threw itin the bin. Wow never read so much rubbish.
I would say just look on the web for some tutorials/examples & save yourself the money.
Wanna know CSS? Get this book! Best decision I ever made - By: David Ian Smith, 14 Mar 2008 If you (like I was 4 months ago) have been using CSS for a while but have always felt you didn't really understand it's full features/ability/power then this book is for you.
In fact even if you are a seasoned web designer this book will surely enlighten & inform you.
I was starting a my first jobin Web Design & I bought this book before I started. I felt like I went from semi-pro to pro overnight! It is a fabulous, great looking & well written book, & if you ignore this review & don't get it you will be making a huge mistake!
I promise you won't be disappointed!
Far too much padding in this for me. - By: Kirk St Moritz, 03 Jan 2008 
Unlike most of the reviewers here, I come from a technical/programming background as opposed to a designer background.
I hate this book.
I've given it two stars because it does contain useful content.
However, it is buriedin reams & reams of superfluous padding. Who needs page after page of pretty pictures, interspersed with the odd paragraph of text? Give us more meat dammit!!!
I found this book very difficult to read. It did not excite mein the slightest, & I was only inspired to be a bit more choosy about my choice of literaturein future.
If this is what designers think like, no wonder we ended up with the 2012 logo.
Inspiring book - By: Kalliopi Georgousi, 11 Dec 2007 being a student I would regard this book a bit dear, but every penny is worth with this book. Indeed he clearly explains that this book is not for begginers. You would need to read some theory & do a few CSS online tutorials before you go into the first chapter of this book,that's what I did at least.
I regard it as an innovative approach of writing books about coding. That's because it has been so skillfully illustrated, it is just as pleasant as reading a magazine.
Enough theory to accompany hands on work. You will find a good resource of the files on the books website, the tutorials are a treasure & a sheer inspiration.
You see...what Andy did for me is that little by little he let me into his way of thinking, he shaped the way I approached CSS & web design, web browsers, web development.
His language is not very formal, rather smart & every day & lively. He doesn't use much jargon, but by the time he does, he has already explained & you are able to catch on.
The well of links he includes, might take you ages to search them all, but it's worth it by all means.
At this day & age when every body claims web design fame, I as a student was looking for my Guru to balance out Jacob Nielsen academic suggestion & this is Andy & his much praisedin his book, peers. Havein mind that he is a member of the W3C Consortium & one of the leading UK web development magazines .net mag
I am looking forward to his next UK event or book or magazine article after reading this book!
after all, all the world is a list, hey ;-)
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