Rating:  - Let your fingers do the walking ---- and then some!!
The book is obviously for beginners and does have a lot of information that can be useful. The author uses a contradictory style of presentation in the book - easy to read with visual examples; however nearly every page I read had references to other pages in the book. This is a real nightmare having to flip all around the book and try to stay with the flow of learning.
Because the author's "style" is to write on half the page and show examples on the other half - each page has half the content. Yet, in that reduced page content there are many references to other parts of the book. As only one example, look at page 105.
On this page you'll find references to page 151, page 69, page 114, pages 106-107, page 108, page 112 and page 113. Again, this is only one page and example because nearly every page is filled with these types of references that make the "Yellow Pages" look tame.
I got through the first six chapters and couldn't deal with it any longer. In those 118 pages that I went through, there had to be several hundred (if not 1000+) references to other pages. Considering there are 436 pages in the book (not counting the index) I didn't feel it worth my time or effort to continue.
Working in the IT industry for more than 25 years, I can only thank my lucky stars that the author was never a part of our planning committees or programming departments. Flow charts, logic, etc would have been all over the place with connectors out of control.....and then try to get staff to follow/understand that flow. Yeah, right!!!
I gave the book to a co-worker with cautionary remarks about how difficult it might be to follow along. I'll give my co-worker credit - she got nearly 200 pages into the book before giving up on it for the same reasons I did.
Continuity!
Fluidity!
You won't find it in this book!
So if you're willing to put up with paging through the book that often, and you can keep track of the "train of thought", then more power to you. There are other books available and they have got to be presented better than this one.....I continue to search Amazon for such a book and will order immediately!
Rating:  - Great for those that need to know.
The author "breaks-down" what (x)html is and what it isn't--in a manner that an absolute beginner would appreciate and for those that was poorly introduced to it (you know some, but it's sloppy) this book is for you.
From what I have read so far, I have enjoyed learning xhtml and css. I have bought many books on html and css and this book is the first book you should read before taking on deeper web-related languages.
You will get your money's worth, especially when the author says that you need to add a space after... most would assume that the reader will really scrutinize but Castro doesn't; what a joy it is to have a complete and thoughtful facilitator.
Rating:  - Great book for beginners
*Clear, concise writing, easy to understand
*A wide host of common subjects(RSS, video, scripts) covered to get you going on any site
*Nice graphics to help with understanding concepts
*A must have
Rating: - HTML Quickstart Guide
The book is an excellent guide. It is written so that anyone can understand it. Unusual for technical writing because it is humorous,also.
The only problem I have with the product is that after only using it three times, the book fell apart (not because of any misuse or mishandling). I have to get it rebound.
Rating: - Great book for a professional!
Being a professional web designer you can never know too much and theres always new information that you have to learn because website standards and techniques change almost overnight. What use to work yesterday will no longer work today. But being a professional designer, you don't have time to read through tons of useless and boring information. You need clear and concise imformation that gets to the point and explains in detail without getting too complicated to get the job done.
I bought the original 5th edition when it came out and I learned so much from it. [...]
That's why when the 6th edition came out I couldn't wait to buy it. The 6th edition is in full color and has even more imformation, which is surprising because I didn't think that anything could get better then the 5th edition, but I was sure surprised.
If you want to learn some very valuable skills that will eventually make you money, BUY THIS BOOK!
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