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HTML & XHTML: The Complete Reference (Osborne Complete Reference Series)

Format: Paperback
Author: Thomas Powell
ReleaseDate: 19 August, 2003
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
Rating:

All in one
g. What I liked from this book, compared to some others
- complete reference
- accurate (e. reference to various browsers)
- covers many subjects
- explanations show that the author knows what he is talking about

To be bought along with "JavaScript, the definitive guide" from D. Flanagan.

Hardly Complete
For example, a chart of major Browsers lists several outdated versions of Internet Explorer and even Opera, but forgets about Safari - no version of this browser is listed. While the title claims this book is a "complete" reference, withiin the first 15 pages its evident that entire operating systems and browsers have been forgotten or ignored. If you believe the computer world begins and ends with one company, this book is for you. If on the other hand, you are interested in open source, Apple, and others, it leaves much to be desired as a "complete" reference. .

Excellent
I learned the most from Elizabeth Castro, HTML for the World Wide Web, Visual Quickstart Guide. I have about a half dozen html books. I read Castro virtually cover to cover, and I still refer back to it from time to time.

But it is Powell's HTML & XHTML 4th edition that I go to for a better understanding or a sticky problem. Hence the name: The Complete Reference. Powell knows his stuff and it shows. It would be hard to read Powell cover to cover, but as a reference, it is outstanding.