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Summary: Disappointed
Review: ...I purchased this book. I thought it would be a how-to book but it isn't. I feel as if I wasted (Money)because the book is useless to me since it's way over my head.
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Summary: Excellent work!!! (2nd Edition)
Review: This book (2nd Edition) is a must have for all people working with DHTML. First part of the book is like a tutorial explains the basic concept of DHTML and the esssentials you need to know, and the second part of the book is a complete reference of HTML, DOM, CSS, and JavaScript. I spent two days reading the first part from knowing nothing about DHTML to become well knowledged to start my project. This book also covers the latest browsers including IE 6.0 and Netscape 7 and provides some guidelines and suggestions regarding cross-platform support. This helped me a lot when dealing with events since IE and Netscape behaves quite differently in this area. I'd definitely recommend this book to everyone!
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Summary: Simply the Best
Review: The title describes exactly what you get (a rare event with technical books these days). While the books only covers the specifics of 4.0 and earlier browsers, it is still a tremendous assest to anyone involved in making web pages. I have found it to be a one stop reference for HTML and CSS, as well as JavaScript and DOM.
Likewise, it is one of the best formatted and easiest to use references that I have ever come across.
I wish O'Reilly would release an updated edition!
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Summary: New edition just released
Review: I just got this book, so haven't had enough time with it to offer a good opinion. BUT, I can say that the book has been completely updated. So the previous negative reviews dated 2001 don't really apply any more.
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Summary: ***** Get Your Red Hot DOM Here *****
Review: ...This is a whole new book -- and it is about time! The scripting gurus of yesteryear are finally moving away from their obsession with Netscape 4 hacks and moving to the still mysterious but powerful W3C DOM-based scripting. I was convinced to buy this book after studying a chapter from this edition which was published at webreference.com. I found what Goodman had to teach in that chapter (on browser events and cross-browser normalization) to be both understandable and immediately practical. This book is the real deal for those Web workers who are continually asked to get browsers to do more -- and do it in a more complex environment. If you have to deal with the various whimsies and treacheries of IE5, IE6, Netscape 7, Mozilla, and Opera, this is the reference you want.
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Summary: Easy Read
Review: Great for those who know HTML and who don't. I didn't know the first thing about HTML until I started working in Dreamweaver and then I purchased this book to help explain what <b> and <td>, etc. was and it's been a great help and resource!
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Summary: Can't do the cool stuff without it
Review: This book is essential for the Web Designer wishing to do more with the web. Start using it as a learner and before long it becomes your most used reference. Notes on how to access any part of the HTML document programmatically from HTML text, to layers, to form behaivoir. Use this book and you'll be programming not just web pages but web applications. One thing to note, IE allows you to do infinately more with less code so this book has an IE slant. But if you're willing to put your own effort into cross-browser compatibility this book opens the door to accessing things you never thought you could.
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Summary: loved it, but a little dated now
Review: I have used this book _extensively_ for several years, it is a terrific reference. What isn't stressed in the description is that in addition to being a DHTML ref, it also has very complete HTML, CSS, and JavaScript refs within it. My only caveat is that as others have mentioned I have found little pieces here and there to be out of date - the odd event which Netscape does now understand, the odd CSS element that IE now does understand, etc.
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Summary: This is an awesome refence book.
Review: In my opinion this is an awesome reference book for DHTML,HTML,CSS and the DOM. I have used this book so much that the cover is about to come off of it! The book is sectioned out by references (first HTML, then DOM, CSS, and Javascript). Each of the sections are then in alphabetical order. Also, each tag/function, etc has a compatibilty listed at the top showing what browsers and versions each command is compatible with. I use this book ALL the time.
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Summary: Good reference at the time, but now outdated...
Review: This is not a book for a beginner, but for the more experienced developer. This book is packed with information. If I had purchased this book when it was first published, I would have given it 5 stars. However, the book was published in 1998, and the content is getting dated -- enough so that I mildly regret buying this book, thus the 3-star rating. Even so, if an updated edition comes out, I will buy it, for an up-to-date reference of this calibre would be a well-thumbed book on my shelf.
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