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JAVASCRIPT FOR THE WORLD WIDE WEB, 4th edition
Dori Smith, 05/01. No mo Dreamweaver JavaScript. Yea!
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COMPLETE HTML REFERENCE
Thomas Powell, 12/00. For when you need a lot of explanation.
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XHTML BY EXAMPLE
Ann Navarro, 11/00. Good book to begin your foray into XHTML. And like the title implies, it has good examples to follow.
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HIP POCKET GUIDE TO HTML 4.01
Ed Tittel, 05/00. For when you need the answer fast without a lot of explanation.
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O'REILLY: CASCADING STYLE SHEETS
Eric A. Meyer, 05/00. Good reference.
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O'REILLY: DYNAMIC HTML
Danny Goodman, 06/98. Good reference.
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TYPE |
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EMOTIONAL DIGITAL: A SOURCEBOOK OF CONTEMPORARY TYPOGRAPHICS
Alexander Branczyk, 09/99. Exciting presentation.
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DESIGNING WITH TYPE, 4th Edition
James Craig, 02/99. More basic typography.
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THE NON-DESIGNER'S TYPE BOOK
Robin Williams, 07/98. She explains it nicely. Gives history also.
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THE NEW TYPOGRAPHY
Jan Tschichold, 07/98. A "classic".
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DIGITAL TYPE DESIGN GUIDE
Sean Cavanaugh, 10/96. Good book with examples of interesting combos.
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THE ELEMENTS OF TYPOGRAPHIC STYLE
Robert Bringhurst, 09/96. Another "classic" now back in print.
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AMERICAN METAL TYPEFACES OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Mac McGrew, 06/94. Type your heart out.
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ART/DESIGN/GRAPHICS |
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NEW MASTERS OF PHOTOSHOP
Cina, Cromhout, Lea, Fallon, Stanick, Sinclair, Smith; 08/01. Great tutorials that deconstruct inspiring design.
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SPECIAL EDITION USING ADOBE PHOTOSHIP 6
Richard Lynch, 12/00. Nice reference book and doorstop.
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ISSUES: NEW MAGAZINE DESIGN
Jeremy Leslie, 07/00. Inspiring design.
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FLASH WEB DESIGN: THE ART OF MOTION GRAPHICS
Hillman Curtis, 03/00. Pretty book. Pretty flash. Good instructions and reasoning.
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THE ARTIST'S WAY AT WORK
Mark Bryan, 06/99. Not a believer yet, but interesting exercises.
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TYPE IN MOTION: INNOVATIONS IN DIGITAL GRAPHICS
Jeff Ballantoni, 05/99. Verrry niiice.
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LICENSE TO DESIGN
Klaus, Flanigan, Klaten, Holschi; 05/98. Fun design book. Has you coming and going.
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WEB DESIGN |
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FRESH STYLES FOR WEB DESIGNERS
Curt Cloninger, 07/01. Wonderfully inspiring book. Deconstructs various webstyles.
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TAKING YOUR TALENT TO THE WEB
Jeffrey Zeldman, 05/01. Good book not only for the transitioning designer, but for those already on the Web. His sense of humor makes it a good read.
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THE ART & SCIENCE OF WEB DESIGN
Jeffrey Veen, 12/00. Similar book to 'Taking Your Talent to the Web'.
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WEB SITE GRAPHICS NAVIGATION
Jeff Carlson, 02/99. Sometimes it's good to have a bunch of examples all in one book.
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O'REILLY: WEB DESIGN IN A NUTSHELL
Jennifer Niederst, 01/99. Good reference.
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HOT WIRED STYLE: PRINCIPLES FOR BUILDING SMART WEB SITES
Jeffrey Veen, 09/97. An oldie but a goodie.
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CREATING KILLER WEB SITES: THE ART OF THIRD-GENERATION SITE DESIGN
David Siegel, 07/96. Another oldie but a goodie.
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INFO ARCHITECTURE/USABILITY |
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HOMEPAGE USABILITY
Jakob Nielsen and Marie Tahir, 11/01. Try not to scream as you dig for nuggets.
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DON'T MAKE ME THINK: A COMMON SENSE APPROACH TO WEB USABILITY
Steve Krub, 10/00. More readable than Jakob; approach is somewhat different.
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DESIGNING WEB USABILITY
Jakob Nielsen, 12/99. Mr. Usability and his reasoning.
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GREAT WEB ARCHITECTURE
Clay Andres, 09/99. Organize that info.
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PROJECT MANAGEMENT |
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COLLABORATIVE WEB DEVELOPMENT: STRATEGIES AND BEST PRACTICES FOR WEB TEAMS
Jessica Burdman, 09/99. More of a welcome to web project management book, but good to see the big picture.
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SECRETS OF SUCCESSFUL WEB SITES: PROJECT MANAGEMENT ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB
David Siegel, 08/97. Really good.
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WRITING |
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E-WHAT? A GUIDE TO THE QUIRKS OF NEW MEDIA STYLE AND USAGE
EEI Press, 09/00. Great little book that explains the differences in writing for the Web vs. other writing. Includes a nice glossary, and how to plan your own style guide.
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THE WEB |
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COMMUNITY BUILDING ON THE WEB
Amy Jo Kim, 04/00. One of the better books on online community.
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THE CLUETRAIN MANIFESTO: THE END OF BUSINESS AS USUAL
Rick Levine, 01/00. He explains why web business is different than non-web business.
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THE WOMAN'S GUIDE TO SEX ON THE WEB
Anne Semans, 03/99. How handy to check out all the pages without a pop-up or banner ad.
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THE COMPLETE IDIOT'S GUIDE TO SEX ON THE NET
Jim Anders, 12/98. For all the idiots.
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BURN RATE: HOW I SURVIVED THE GOLD RUSH YEARS ON THE INTERNET
Michael Wolff, 05/98. Commercial web history.
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PLACES TO GET BOOKS |
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http://www.fatbrain.com/
FATBRAIN. The parent company of the book store just down the street, Computer Literacy. |
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http://www.oreilly.com/
O'REILLY & ASSOCIATES. See what's new in their "nutshell" books. Read Tim O'Reilly's comments after his discussion with Jeff Bezos of Amazon re: patenting of their one-click. |
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http://www.noamazon.com/
NOAMAZON.COM. See their list of other online bookstores. |
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| Browsers: Compatibility Is A 13-Letter Word |
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http://browsers.evolt.org
EVOLT: BROWSER ARCHIVE. Adrian Roselli has taken on the task of archiving all kinds of browsers. |
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http://www.delorie.com/web/lynxview.html
LYNX VIEWER. Check how your webpages display on Lynx. Or download a copy for yourself. |
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http://www.macedition.com/cb/cb_20010507.shtml
MACEDITION: THE MINOR BROWSERS GROW UP. Your options from CodeBitch. |
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http://www.upsdell.com/BrowserNews/find.htm
BROWSER NEWS. Find browsers new and old. |
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http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/99/41/index3a.html
WEBMONKEY-SIZING UP THE BROWSERS. Written in '99 and good for 4.0 browsers. Handy reference for the differences in browsers on offset, canvas size, text size, and form elements. Here's their browser support for features chart (java, xml, dhtml, etc.). |
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http://www.wpdfd.com/browsergrid.htm
WPDFD's BROWSER GRID. Use this page to see what the safe sizes for the three main monitor sizes in use today (2/2000). |
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http://webdesign.miningco.com/compute/webdesign/msubbrowsercomp.htm
ABOUT.COM-BROWSER COMPATIBILITY INFORMATION. Links to browser issues and info (AOL Design Info, Backward Compatibility Viewer, Getting Your Site Ready for WebTV. |
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http://webmaster.info.aol.com/
AOL WEBMASTER-BROWSER COMPATIBILITY. Table with features and functionality. |
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http://www.useit.com/alertbox/990418.html
STUCK WITH OLD BROWSERS UNTIL 2003. Here's an article with charts and everything from Jakob Nielsen's www.useit.com. |
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http://www.webtools.com/story/graphics/TLS19990421S0004
WEBTOOLS: DESIGNING FOR WEBTV. Just in case you're interested.
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