Comments on: New Book Coming “HTML Mastery” http://refresh-detroit.org/2006/11/27/new-book-coming-html-mastery/ Professional organization promoting web standards, usability, and accessibility. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:34:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Ross Johnson http://refresh-detroit.org/2006/11/27/new-book-coming-html-mastery/#comment-2938 Mon, 08 Jan 2007 22:02:11 +0000 http://refresh-detroit.org/2006/11/27/new-book-coming-html-mastery/#comment-2938 Hi Paul, thanks for your comment and I do agree with what you are saying. At the time of that comment there was not a whole lot of public information about the exact coverage of Clarke's book which at face value looked like an XHTML/CSS book. Now that I have picked it up and browsed through it, I see that is not the case. =) Hi Paul, thanks for your comment and I do agree with what you are saying.

At the time of that comment there was not a whole lot of public information about the exact coverage of Clarke’s book which at face value looked like an XHTML/CSS book.

Now that I have picked it up and browsed through it, I see that is not the case. =)

]]> by: paul haine http://refresh-detroit.org/2006/11/27/new-book-coming-html-mastery/#comment-2670 Mon, 01 Jan 2007 18:52:40 +0000 http://refresh-detroit.org/2006/11/27/new-book-coming-html-mastery/#comment-2670 Ross, I find it interesting that you pick out my book and Andy Clarke's book as covering the same thing, because they're actually completely different. HTML Mastery is all about (X)HTML, an in-depth guide on all the available elements and how best to use them, whereas Transcending CSS is much more about the actual designing of websites, and features very little discussion of HTML. I think you'd have had a hard time picking two books with anything less in common! I agree that there are lots of new books coming out at the moment, but I don't see a lot of overlap between them - and even if there is, surely the more the merrier? We all have different styles of writing, after all. Ross, I find it interesting that you pick out my book and Andy Clarke’s book as covering the same thing, because they’re actually completely different. HTML Mastery is all about (X)HTML, an in-depth guide on all the available elements and how best to use them, whereas Transcending CSS is much more about the actual designing of websites, and features very little discussion of HTML. I think you’d have had a hard time picking two books with anything less in common!

I agree that there are lots of new books coming out at the moment, but I don’t see a lot of overlap between them - and even if there is, surely the more the merrier? We all have different styles of writing, after all.

]]> by: Ross http://refresh-detroit.org/2006/11/27/new-book-coming-html-mastery/#comment-1320 Tue, 28 Nov 2006 21:36:43 +0000 http://refresh-detroit.org/2006/11/27/new-book-coming-html-mastery/#comment-1320 It really seems like the market is being flooded with HTML/CSS books. Here is another one by Ande Clark http://www.transcendingcss.com/ , and they all essentially cover the same things. Are we at a point where we need to explore new topics, or are we simply refining our skills in HTML/CSS? It really seems like the market is being flooded with HTML/CSS books. Here is another one by Ande Clark http://www.transcendingcss.com/ , and they all essentially cover the same things. Are we at a point where we need to explore new topics, or are we simply refining our skills in HTML/CSS?

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