Amazon.co.uk Review
Web Design in a Nutshell by the same author is something of a classic, with just the right blend of explanation, tips, and technical reference. This little 96-page guide is based on the longer book and provides a complete alphabetical list of the tags and attributes available in HTML 4.0. For each tag and attribute, there is an example of syntax, a compatibility list and a concise explanation. The compatibility list covers Netscape Navigator from versions 2.0 to 4.0, Internet Explorer from 2.0 to 5.0, WebTV, and Opera 3.0. This is ideal for hard-pressed Web authors with the difficult task of producing pages that behave properly with a variety of browsers.
The tag listing takes up most of the book, but there is also space for a list of tags grouped by function and tables of character entities and colours (character entities are special characters and symbols represented in HTML by names or numeric values). The colour table lists the 140 allowable colour names with their RGB values and hexadecimal equivalents, while also showing how each colour is represented (or misrepresented) on 8-bit systems. Most Web authors need a reference of this kind and this pocket-size book is one of the best ways to provide it. Note that this is not a tutorial and is only suitable if you work with HTML source code as well as visual design tools. This will not be your only book on HTML or Web design, but it will be one of the most used. --Tim Anderson
Review
"...this pocket reference is well worth the shelf space. Even better, prop it between your screen and speaker so it is immediately available when needed." - Andrew Cormack, News@UK, July
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Martha Retallick, The Journal of the Tucson Computer Society, April 2002
This handy helper offers a complete list of the HTML tags supported by the most popular browsers.
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Williamsburg Macromedia User Group, May 2002
"...Overall, this little book is a perfect reference for writing html code..."
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Camiel Sims, Williamsburg Macromedia User Group, August 2002
I recommend this to anyone who wants to make HTML easier. It is a quick, helpful, and easy to understand guide.
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Andrew Cormack, News@UK, July 2002
This well worth the shelf space. Even better, prop it between your screen and speaker so it is immediately available when needed
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Provo Linux Users Group, Jan 2003
O'Reilly's 'HTML Pocket Reference, 2nd Ed.' is a great help to anyone who works with HTML. It may be small, but it packs a lot of info into its pages
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Product Description
In this pocket reference, Jennifer Niederst, the author of the best-selling Web Design in a Nutshell, delivers a concise guide to every HTML tag.
Each tag entry includes:
- Detailed information on the tag's attributes
- Support information on browsers such as Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Opera, and WebTV
- HTML 4.0 support information, including whether the tag is deprecated in the current spec
In addition to tag-by-tag descriptions, you'll find useful charts on such topics as:
- Character entities
- Decimal-to-hexadecimal conversions
- Color names
Niederst also provides context for the tags, indicating which tags are grouped together and bare-bones examples of how standard web page elements are constructed.
This pocket reference is targeted at web designers and web authors and is likely to be the most dog-eared book on every web professional's desk.
From the Publisher
An indispensable reference for web designers, authors and programmers, this concise guide to every HTML tag has been brought up-to-date with the current HTML specification (4.01). Each tag entry includes detailed information on the tag's attributes and support information for the latest web browsers -- Netscape 6, IE 6, and Opera 5. Author Jennifer Niederst provides context for the tags, indicating which are grouped together, and offers bare-bones examples of how standard web page elements are constructed.
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About the Author
Jennifer Niederst was one of the first Web designers. She was the designer of O'Reilly's Global Network Navigator (GNN), the first commercial Web site and has been designing for the Web since 1993. Since then, she has been working almost exclusively on the Web, first as creative director of Songline Studios (a subsidiary of O'Reilly) where she designed the original interface for WebReview (webreview.com), and as a freelance designer and consultant since 1996. She is the author of Designing for the Web (O'Reilly, 1996), and Web Design in a Nutshell (O'Reilly, 1999). She has taught Web design at the Massachusetts College of Art and the Interactive Factory in Boston, MA. She has spoken at major design and Internet events including the GRAFILL conference (Geilo, Norway), Seybold Seminars, and the W3C International Expo.
