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Transcending CSS: The Fine Art of Web Design (Voices That Matter) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Andy Clarke, Molly E. Holzschlag
Creators: Aaron Gustafson, Mark Boulton
Publisher: New Riders
Category: Book
List Price: £35.99
Buy New: £17.67
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Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 50988
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 8.9 x 0.9
ISBN: 0321410971
Dewey Decimal Number: 006.7
EAN: 9780321410979
ASIN: 0321410971
Publication Date: November 23, 2006
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 Transcending CSS and reaching another level July 5, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Ok , ok let's keep things in proportion here - it's not a bible! But it is a gorgeous book trying to show us what we CAN achieve on the web in visual terms - hence the great photography. And, yes, it gives us Andy's perspective on the state of the web as it is and what the future holds - all very interesting and relevant but left me champing at the bit to get to the gist of the book. Well it was worth the wait - dig deeper and there are so many useful tips and guidelines within the book that I now use it as my main source of inspiration. Andy challenges current methods and thinking, adds a new dimension to web design and focuses on best practice. I have read numerous books on CSS-based web design (Dan Cederholm's Bulletproof included) but this book has taken my understanding to a new level and solved a few long-standing problems along the way. It's not an easy read for an amateur like me but we do get there in the end. And, sadly, I have now ruined my beautiful book with my great big pink highlighter pen as there are too many important points to miss.
 From A Programmers View This Absolute Rubbish April 16, 2008
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
I see that most people though this book was good, but a few said that they too came from a programming background and found this to be lacking in content.
I too come from a programming background and found it very lacking in content. The book is filled with irrelevant full page images of rubbish. Yes rubbish as in just random pictures of stuff?????? (I would say half of the book is just full page images, with no relevance whatsoever)
I was not impressed and after forcing myself to go through it, threw it in the bin. Wow never read so much rubbish.
I would say just look on the web for some tutorials/examples and save yourself the money.
Wanna know CSS? Get this book! Best decision I ever made March 14, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you (like I was 4 months ago) have been using CSS for a while but have always felt you didn't really understand it's full features/ability/power then this book is for you.
In fact even if you are a seasoned web designer this book will surely enlighten and inform you.
I was starting a my first job in Web Design and I bought this book before I started. I felt like I went from semi-pro to pro overnight! It is a fabulous, great looking and well written book, and if you ignore this review and don't get it you will be making a huge mistake!
I promise you won't be disappointed!
 Far too much padding in this for me. January 3, 2008
9 out of 14 found this review helpful
Unlike most of the reviewers here, I come from a technical/programming background as opposed to a designer background.
I hate this book.
I've given it two stars because it does contain useful content.
However, it is buried in reams and reams of superfluous padding. Who needs page after page of pretty pictures, interspersed with the odd paragraph of text? Give us more meat dammit!!!
I found this book very difficult to read. It did not excite me in the slightest, and I was only inspired to be a bit more choosy about my choice of literature in future.
If this is what designers think like, no wonder we ended up with the 2012 logo.
Inspiring book December 11, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
being a student I would regard this book a bit dear, but every penny is worth with this book. Indeed he clearly explains that this book is not for begginers. You would need to read some theory and do a few CSS online tutorials before you go into the first chapter of this book,that's what I did at least.
I regard it as an innovative approach of writing books about coding. That's because it has been so skillfully illustrated, it is just as pleasant as reading a magazine.
Enough theory to accompany hands on work. You will find a good resource of the files on the books website, the tutorials are a treasure and a sheer inspiration.
You see...what Andy did for me is that little by little he let me into his way of thinking, he shaped the way I approached CSS and web design, web browsers, web development.
His language is not very formal, rather smart and every day and lively. He doesn't use much jargon, but by the time he does, he has already explained and you are able to catch on.
The well of links he includes, might take you ages to search them all, but it's worth it by all means.
At this day and age when every body claims web design fame, I as a student was looking for my Guru to balance out Jacob Nielsen academic suggestion and this is Andy and his much praised in his book, peers. Have in mind that he is a member of the W3C Consortium and one of the leading UK web development magazines .net mag
I am looking forward to his next UK event or book or magazine article after reading this book!
after all, all the world is a list, hey ;-)
By the end of the book
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