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Summary: Where's the beef?
Review: Although this book does contain a reasonable reference to CSS and JavaScript (as implemented by Netscape ONLY), the information is well hidden in this verbose and sometimes misleading if not ocassionally inaccurate volume. The author introduces most topics with descriptions of their syntax, usually failing to get to what the darned things (layers, for example) are actually used for until well into the chapter, by dropping it casually somewhere. I have read hundreds of technical books, and this is by far the most bizarre to date. The author often apologizes that this stuff is (sic) "kinda tricky", but assures you that if you look at the sample code closely you will get idea. I see.
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Summary: Book is hopelessly dated and eccentric
Review: As a web designer and the owner of many technical books, this is by far the worst I've come across. According to a recent survey of millions of websites over 80% of visitors now employ Internet Explorer to browse the web. Only about 5% use Netscape 4.x which is the EXCLUSIVE domain of this book. Some book examples will not work at all in Netscape 6 or any IE product. So for those of you designing websites for 5% of the market you should buy this book definitely. If you want to reach the other 95% of the market then you should look elsewhere. Even the author's website (http://users.sedona.net/~gilorien/) has been under construction since I've owned the book. I agree with an earlier reviewer who said this guy would be out of a job had it not been for the publisher of this book.
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Summary: Book is hopelessly dated and eccentric
Review: As a web designer and the owner of many technical books, this is by far the worst I've come across. According to a recent survey of millions of websites over 80% of visitors now employ Internet Explorer to browse the web. Only about 5% use Netscape 4.x which is the EXCLUSIVE domain of this book. Some book examples will not work at all in Netscape 6 or any IE product. So for those of you designing websites for 5% of the market you should buy this book definitely. If you want to reach the other 95% of the market then you should look elsewhere. Even the author's website (http://users.sedona.net/~gilorien/) has been under construction since I've owned the book. I agree with an earlier reviewer who said this guy would be out of a job had it not been for the publisher of this book.
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Summary: Horrible!
Review: How stupid it could be.I can't understand why it does not even mention Internet Explorer at all. The content is no better than the javascript Reference,User Guide and dhtml guide provided by Netscape site.Do not waste your money on this stuff.I strongly recommend Dynamic HTML by Danny Goodman. Consulting Danny's book and online documents on websitessuch dealing dhtm such as siteexpeets,webreference msdn and netscape site etc. is sufficient for mastering dhtml. 'Writing Cross-Browser Dynamic Html'by Heather Williamson treats cross browsing issues including NS6.
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Summary: worthless
Review: How stupid it could be.I can't understand why it does not even mention Internet Explorer at all. The content is no better than the javascript Reference,User Guide and dhtml guide provided by Netscape site.Do not waste your money on this stuff.I strongly recommend Dynamic HTML by Danny Goodman. Consulting Danny's book and online documents on websitessuch dealing dhtm such as siteexpeets,webreference msdn and netscape site etc. is sufficient for mastering dhtml. 'Writing Cross-Browser Dynamic Html'by Heather Williamson treats cross browsing issues including NS6.
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Summary: Thank god I didn't buy it
Review: I didn't actually buy this book, thank god; I got it from the local public library. This has to be one of the most disorienting books I've ever tried to read. The first chapter dives right into syntax, with no explanation of what the stuff being talked about actually *means*. I've only made it a few pages in, and am just going to return it, because flipping through it makes me realize that the rest of it is like this as well. This may be an excellent book for the experienced user of this technology who needs a reference; unfortunately, that is not what I wanted.
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Summary: Horribly written book
Review: I purchased this book and in the first few days of actually reading it, I found that it contained very little information about how and why to use DHTML. Sure it had a good reference but without context, this book is completely useless. As soon as you open the book to read it, you realize at how poorly it was written. The book gave no context and you really have no idea what the technology is or what its used for. Definitely not recommended.
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Summary: Horribly written book
Review: I purchased this book and in the first few days of actually reading it, I found that it contained very little information about how and why to use DHTML. Sure it had a good reference but without context, this book is completely useless. As soon as you open the book to read it, you realize at how poorly it was written. The book gave no context and you really have no idea what the technology is or what its used for. Definitely not recommended.
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Summary: Purchase only if you hate IE users
Review: I was very disappointed that this book only covered DHTML (JavaScript and CSS) that worked with Netscape. I was hoping for something that would work in both NS and IE. The one good thing about the book is the author does tell you about Netscape bugs that force you to change the syntax of your JavaScript.
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Summary: Total trash!
Review: I'm no expert, but I've got some idea about Javascript. I signed this book out of the library to look up some stuff for a project I'm doing. This book LOOKS good, until you try to do something with it. It's complicated in every way--layout, writing, topic, organization. It covers a lot of ground, starting from the middle (apparently the writer originally planned to concentrate on layer effects). It gives adequate but not great explanations. All of this makes it completely useless for a real novice. Still, I've got some idea of the code. I should be able to puzzle out what's going on by comparing what the writer says to the code and pictures in the examples, right? Well, the examples are in black and white, which makes that a bit disorienting. But then I notice there's a CD, so I figure I'll load 'em up and compare on my computer. Turns out, the Javascript in the CD examples is totally buggy. From what I can tell, it's all written specifically for Netscape. Since I'm using Internet Explorer, I may as well not HAVE a computer. It's not like this was necessary. You can usually write Javascript so it's compatible with multiple browsers. But not a SINGLE ONE of his examples that I tried worked. You know what? I'm dropping my rating of this book. I was going to give it 2 stars, but now I think about it, that kind of carelessness doesn't deserve it. There's no excuse for a writer to pull that kind of narrow-minded garbage these days. Code that only works for one program is code that should be scrapped.
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