Rating:  - Very good HTML book, but with annoying XHTML additions.
This book is a perfect way to learn HTML, but it could have done without the XHTML remarks throughout the book. XHTML is dealed with in a seperate chapter, and they should have kept to that. Additionally, because the books layout is based on a subject/tag system (per html subject the used tags are dealed with) you read the same information about attributes over and over again. That can be a real pain, but when you use the book to review certain subjects that comes in handy. As said by other reviews, the book could've used a few more examples. Overall, still, the book is very complete and understandable.
Rating: - A Good Coverage, but less example
The book shows a good, complete coverage on HTML 4, and its implementation on IE and Netscape. A very comphrensive guide which should go better if more example (especially color) are available.
Good for intermediate which would like to learn further. This book is bit tough for beginner which need to scan at least 488 page to learn html.
Rating:  - even for a beginner like me...a real help in xml...
A book every new (and not new one) html practicioner has to have as near as possible...even me as a beginer...
Rating: - Useful Book!
If you already have HTML experience and want to get into 4.01 might as well learn XHTML and this book provides a great reference. May not be a beginners guide put is worth having if you are already working in the medium. Wish I had just bought this book first.
Rating: - Excellent Reference
I'm not sure whether to advise this as a good "first" book for people looking to learn mark-up for the web, since it was not mine. However, having already learned the absolute basics about HTML, tables, frames, etc., and a small bit of XML, I found the book of considerable value.
Lighter on examples to make room for intelligent discussion of web design, the book has already set me straight on some of the many "bad" habits I have picked up, and proved a painless and rapid transition to XHTML. Much of the focus is on understanding why it's good design to do something a certain way, and the reader is alerted to soon-to-be-deprecated tags and attributes, as well as good discussion of the newer ways of doing things.
I honestly believe that if you have never used HTML before, with this book and the ability to search the web for its many tutorials on HTML, XHTML, XML, CSS, etc., a newbie could rapidly begin designing web pages effectively. Although there is a clearly logical progression through the book, each chapter stands on its own, such that it is quite possible to jump straight to one of the last subjects in the book and begin targeting the area of your choice.
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