Rating:  - New edition just released
I just got this book, so haven't had enough time with it to offer a good opinion. BUT, I can say that the book has been completely updated. So the previous negative reviews dated 2001 don't really apply any more.
Rating: - ***** Get Your Red Hot DOM Here *****
...This is a whole new book -- and it is about time!
The scripting gurus of yesteryear are finally moving away from their obsession with Netscape 4 hacks and moving to the still mysterious but powerful W3C DOM-based scripting. I was convinced to buy this book after studying a chapter from this edition which was published at webreference.com. I found what Goodman had to teach in that chapter (on browser events and cross-browser normalization) to be both understandable and immediately practical.
This book is the real deal for those Web workers who are continually asked to get browsers to do more -- and do it in a more complex environment. If you have to deal with the various whimsies and treacheries of IE5, IE6, Netscape 7, Mozilla, and Opera, this is the reference you want.
Rating: - Easy Read
Great for those who know HTML and who don't. I didn't know the first thing about HTML until I started working in Dreamweaver and then I purchased this book to help explain what and , etc. was and it's been a great help and resource!
Rating: - Can't do the cool stuff without it
This book is essential for the Web Designer wishing to do more with the web. Start using it as a learner and before long it becomes your most used reference. Notes on how to access any part of the HTML document programmatically from HTML text, to layers, to form behaivoir. Use this book and you'll be programming not just web pages but web applications. One thing to note, IE allows you to do infinately more with less code so this book has an IE slant. But if you're willing to put your own effort into cross-browser compatibility this book opens the door to accessing things you never thought you could.
Rating:  - loved it, but a little dated now
I have used this book _extensively_ for several years, it is a terrific reference. What isn't stressed in the description is that in addition to being a DHTML ref, it also has very complete HTML, CSS, and JavaScript refs within it. My only caveat is that as others have mentioned I have found little pieces here and there to be out of date - the odd event which Netscape does now understand, the odd CSS element that IE now does understand, etc.
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