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Html 3.2: Quick Reference

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Although HTML 3.2 is no longer new, neither is everyone's browser. Unless all of your visitors are using the latest versions of the most popular browsers, HTML 3.2 is just right. With this reference, you can quickly look up colors and forms and lists. Forgotten how to design tables in code? Just look it up! It mentions every tag and explains its properties in great detail. I have written two different web sites using this book as my bible. It's a great investment!

I have developed a few web sites, but I thought it would be nice to have a quick reference book, just in case I forgot a code. I bought this book, and I use it all the time. While it doesn't have all the parameters and values that I would like, it is probably the best reference book for the money. Another nice feature is its size; it is small enough to bring just about anywhere. I would suggest this book to any HTML programmer, whether experienced or not.

It's a pitty, the basic structure of the book is a good one but it finally turned out to be of little value (in my opinion at least). Here are some reasons for my deception: 1) The book is full of errors and wrong informations. For people who are looking for accurate technical infos about HTML tags and their dozen of attributes, I really would suggest another book. Except if you want to try exotic attributes and parameters which where never implemented.... Have fun! 2) I was expecting this book to inform me about the differences between IE's and Netscape's various versions as regarding the support of tags, attributes and parameters. This is in no way the case, though it gives you the impression at the first look with it's "compliance" paragraphs. 3) The index at the end of the book is not handy at all because it does not list all the words from a to z, but rather groups like tags, attributes etc. So first you always have to locate the right group and only then you can seek the word you are looking for. A waist of precious time. 4) The HTML character's form reference table is not aphabetically ordered but in the order of binary numbers. Very usefull as I personaly remember better " " for example as " "... Ok I stop here and all put in a nutshell I'd say: you'd better leave this book in the bookshelf. A good price does not justify this quality! Let's hope that QUE will improve something in future editions.