Designing With Web Standards
(Voices That Matter) by Jeffrey
Zeldman
A Breeze To Read
Standards, argues Jeffrey Zeldman in Designing With Web Standards, are
our only hope for breaking out of the endless cycle of testing that plagues
designers hoping to support all possible clients. In this book, he explains
how designers can best use standards--primarily XHTML and CSS, plus
ECMAScript and the standard Document Object Model (DOM)--to increase
their personal productivity and maximize the availability of their creations.
Zeldmans approach is detailed, authoritative, and rich with historical
context, as he is quick to explain how features of standards evolved. Its a
fantastic education that any design professional will appreciate. Zeldman
is an idealist who devotes some of his book to explaining how much easier
life would be if browser developers would just support standards properly
(hes done a lot toward this goal in real life, as well). He is also a
pragmatist, who recognizes that browsers implement standards differently

(or partially, or not at all) and that it is the job of the Web designer to make
pages work anyway. Thus, his book includes lots of explicit and tightly
focused tips (with code) that have to do with bamboozling non-compliant
browsers into behaving as they should, without tripping up more compliant
browsers. Theres lots of coverage of design and testing tools that can aid
in the creation of good-looking, standards-abiding documents. --David Wall
Topics covered: Why Web standards (such as XHTML, CSS, ECMAScript,
and DOM) are good for everyone, and why site designers and browser
makers should move towards standards compliance.
Personal Review: Designing With Web Standards (Voices That
Matter) by Jeffrey Zeldman
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 multiple browsers and other web devices,
and allow for easy site migration. This books gives me the rationale for
changing the way I will approach web design and development.
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