From educational sites to corporate communications, social services to electronic publishing, this is an inside look at the present and future of digital communication. A sequel to "Website Graphics", it complements the latter by providing more in-depth information on the creation of websites. Thirty of today's most successful and innovative sites are showcased, accompanied by articles on the future of Web design. The chosen sites include examples of "older" techniques as well as "state of the art" experiments. The principle of "Viewsource", the ability to look at the programming of a website to see how it has been put together, and one of the main learning tools of the Web designer, is explored in both textual and visual form. Technical attention focuses on interaction and navigation, WWW layout tables, frames, stylesheets, typography, imagery and animations, shockwave and flash, dynamic HTML and cascading stylesheets. Three introductory articles discuss topics such as the future of Web design programmes and techniques used in visualizing the process of site design and development, the time-based dimension of multi-media Web design and the demise of the Viewsource principle.
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Chock-full of electronic eye candy, Webs!te Graph!cs Now surveys a number of cutting-edge Web sites created by companies and individuals from around the world. The editors of the book, from the Netherlands' Mediamatic Magazine, sift through and examine the elements of the featured Web sites in an adequate attempt to outline the requirements for great Web design.
Editor Erik Spiekermann makes the smart decision in the preface of admitting that, "whatever I might want to say about any cool new stuff--Flash, Shockwave, you name it--may be well out of date by the time you're reading this." The statement lends a great deal of credibility to the need for the book, allowing readers to concentrate on the design elements used on these Web sites rather than on the technologies used to implement them. Without this consideration and a general focus that goes beyond technology, the book would be no more than a time capsule holding numerous beautifully produced, full-color screen shots of once exciting Web destinations.
The large size of the book lends itself well to explorations of sites like "The Secret Garden of Mutabor." In the section dedicated to this narrative and animation-rich site, multiple slides illustrate pathways through what functions much like an elegant, story-centered game. Other Web sites featured in the book include the fully-mapped-out Mercedes-Benz A-Class promotional site, the Colors Magazine site, and a number of other big corporate sites, along with some lesser-known but innovatively designed sites. --Ryan Kuykendall
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Best show of work ever,
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This review is from: Website Graphics Now (Paperback)
I was very suprised by the quality of the book and the number of color images. It is 100% 4 color and they did a great job selecting projects across the spectrum. They did a better job than any web design book I have seen (and I have seen them all) at showcasing the work. The site reviews are intelligent and go well beyond fluff disecting the nature of each work and it's successes and failures. The best Web Design Book yet.
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An idea builder,
This review is from: Website Graphics Now (Paperback)
Good graphics/GUI idea builder, but no longer on the cutting edge of technology... needs updating
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