Best-selling author, designer, and web standards evangelist Jeffrey Zeldman has updated his classic, industry-shaking guidebook. This new edition--now in full color--covers improvements in best practices and advances in the world of browsers since the first edition introduced the world to standards-based design. Written in the same engaging and witty style, making even the most complex information easy to digest, it remains an essential guide to creating sites that load faster, reach more users, and cost less to design and maintain. Readers will learn from Jeffrey's insights as he demonstrates how web standards are driving search engine friendliness (findability) and the Web 2.0 applications that have reinvigorated the medium and the online marketplace. Readers will discover new techniques to make CSS layouts work better across multiple browsers and ways to make web content more accessible. Designing with Web Standards is an AIGA Design Press book, published under Peachpit's New Riders imprint in partnership with AIGA.
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Jeffrey and his web standards coconspirators have made it possible for those old enemies--beauty, usability, and accessibility--to play nice together in any website. Louis Rosenfeld, publisher, Rosenfeld Media;Zeldman explains complex technologies in a way that designers can not only understand, but actually get excited about. If you are serious about web design, you need this book. --Hillman Curtis, author, MTIV: Process, Inspiration and Practice for the New Media Designer
Jeffrey and his web standards coconspirators have made it possible for those old enemies--beauty, usability, and accessibility--to play nice together in any website. Louis Rosenfeld, publisher, Rosenfeld Media. Zeldman explains complex technologies in a way that designers can not only understand, but actually get excited about. If you are serious about web design, you need this book. --Hillman Curtis, author, MTIV: Process, Inspiration and Practice for the New Media Designer
Jeffrey and his web standards coconspirators have made it possible for those old enemies--beauty, usability, and accessibility--to play nice together in any website. Louis Rosenfeld, publisher, Rosenfeld Media. Zeldman explains complex technologies in a way that designers can not only understand, but actually get excited about. If you are serious about web design, you need this book. --Hillman Curtis, author, MTIV: Process, Inspiration and Practice for the New Media Designer
About the Author
Jeffrey Zeldman is among the best-known Web designers in the world. His personal site has welcomed more than than 16 million visitors and is read daily by thousands in the web design and development industry. In 1998, Zeldman co-founded The Web Standards Project, a grassroots coalition of web designers and developers that helped end the Browser Wars by persuading Microsoft and Netscape to support the same technology in their browsers.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Entertaining, witty, easy to read, insightful. An excellent book
October 25, 2009
By Adam Kahtava
Format:Paperback
The title (Designing with Web Standards) of Jeffrey Zeldman's book says it all - this book promoted accessible, usable, search engine friendly web design and development through the use of XHTML and CSS while debunking the myths surrounding web standards. Zeldman is a well recognized name among web developers and designers - he's the the founder of A List Apart, and co-founder of The Web Standards Project (WaSP). His writing is entertaining, witty, easy to read, and insightful - it's very much like the content we're used to reading at A List Apart. It's also fair to mention that this book has been edited by industy experts and influencial writers like Eric Myer. Any developer that works with the web should read this book along with JavaScript: The Good Parts by Douglas Crockford.
16 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Make no mistake. This is an important book. Zeldman is a leader in the web standards movement and his voice is worth paying attention to. On the plus side, he offers some good talking points for using with bosses and clients on why designing with web standards is a good thing. He also gives reasonable and well thought out examples and case studies of well designed sites.
On the other hand, the complaints about his rambling, preaching and repetition are valid. The book lacks tight focus, trying to be a polemic, a high level overview and a how-to manual.
This is a book that is worth reading or at least skimming. If you are one of the converted and want to feel good about your choices, this will give you warm fuzzies. If you need convincing on the whether or not web standards are worth the effort to implement, this offers a strong and cogent argument for doing so. I'm not sure that is is worth buying as a reference manual. There are more focused how-to books and more complete reference books.
On the other hand, the complaints about his rambling, preaching and repetition are valid. The book lacks tight focus, trying to be a polemic, a high level overview and a how-to manual.
This is a book that is worth reading or at least skimming. If you are one of the converted and want to feel good about your choices, this will give you warm fuzzies. If you need convincing on the whether or not web standards are worth the effort to implement, this offers a strong and cogent argument for doing so. I'm not sure that is is worth buying as a reference manual. There are more focused how-to books and more complete reference books.
15 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Jeffrey Zeldman is an authority, no question. But why is he writing a 400+ pages book which he could have done in less than 200?
Most Recent Customer Reviews
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not enough doing....
...being relatively new to CSS web design I've read quite a few books that seem to promise much to the novice web designer and although this book has some great information I... Read more
Published on August 16, 2010 by Mr. Richard I. Reid
4.0 out of 5 stars
A good introduction
The book is a good introduction for anyone who want to know how to build websites according to Web Standars. Read more
Published on September 22, 2009 by Gabriel Garcia
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great book
The book is great, shares knowledge that should be the foundation of anyone who works in the web industry,
Published on May 11, 2009 by Web Megroz
2.0 out of 5 stars
Do not order Kindle version!
If I had known that the Table of Contents for this book wouldn't link to the chapters and that it was unsearchable on the Kindle I certainly wouldn't have put down $20, no matter... Read more
Published on April 11, 2009 by D. Lovelien
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Breeze to Read
Just about finished with this marvelous book. Very easy to read, even for a non-techie. Makes a great case for web standards, using XHTML and CSS to reduce bandwidth, support... Read more
Published on March 4, 2009 by P. Kahn
5.0 out of 5 stars
Groundbreaking Work
This was a groundbreaking work when first written. Zeldman was one of the early advocates for web standards and especially browser standards for CSS, what is now the underpinning... Read more
Published on June 29, 2008 by NY Steve
5.0 out of 5 stars
A must read
This book is a must read for anyone associated with a website. Designer, developer, manager.
Published on May 4, 2008 by Rich L.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very good content and discussion
I found it a very interesting book to read but it didn't give as much of concrete situation analysis as I expected. Read more
Published on January 18, 2008 by Mathieu Blais-d'amours
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great for beginners
It's a very good book, and one I'd recommend to any developer who is trying to make the switch from tables to CSS-based code and standards, but if you've been using standards in... Read more
Published on December 23, 2007 by J. Sutcliffe
5.0 out of 5 stars
really good
The book arrived on itme and in great condition. It is a great book, information and helpful.
Published on October 1, 2007 by Deborah Malone
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