In this pocket reference, Jennifer Niederst, the author of the best-selling Web Design in a Nutshell, delivers a concise guide to every HTML tag. Each tag entry includes:

• Detailed information on the tag's attributes

• Support information on browsers such as Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Opera, and WebTV

• HTML 4.0 support information, including whether the tag is deprecated in the current spec

• Character entities

• Decimal-to-hexadecimal conversions

• Color names

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Average Amazon.com® Rating:  Based on 27 Ratings

so-so (buggy) - 2004-10-08
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I am generally a fan of Pocket References. But this one seems poorly debugged. One example is claiming "align" is deprecated for

Must Have Pocket Reference - 2004-04-20
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If you are designing web pages, you must have this book. That is all there is to it.

This is a small compact reference book (hence the title) which lists the HTML tags in alphabetical order, shows if they are supported by the three major browsers (IE,NN,Opera) and if they are part of the w3c spec HTML 4.01. Information is given for the applicable attributes for each tag.

Once you know it (especially if you follow w3c standards) HTML is a simple and easy language to use.. however, having a easy to use reference comes in handy quite frequently, especially when starting up a new site.

This will not be the only reference you need.. no book can claim that. Though everybody who designs websites should have this book, those new to HTML may find it the most helpful most frequently. However, this book will NOT teach you HTML. It is a reference.. nothing more.

as mentioned in other reviews.. the IMG tag is missing, which is a major flaw, but not major enough to take away from the greatness of this book.

In short.. get it.

Relax, IMG is only missing from the first printing - 2006-01-18
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FYI: the IMG tag is only missing from the first printing. (I asked O'Reilly.) Indeed, a recent copy of the book is not missing it anymore. (Back of the title page, bottom right corner has a date: [11/04]. My other copy, which is missing IMG, has [6/02] in this spot.) A quick check shows that they have fixed some, but not all, of the errata (http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/htmlpr2/errata/).

But this book is still totally worth having. It's small enough to leave lying around the desktop, where its big brother (Definitive Guide) would get in the way (not to mention distort gravity from its sheer mass). If you're reading this review, you obviously feel you could use a quick reference to HTML. This is it.

They lowered the price, too: These things used to cost 12.95. Now, 9.95. "Buy It Now!"

Definately a time saver! - 2002-07-31
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There may be a few errors, like the missing tag, but the errata list on the O'Reilly site has the information posted. The rest of the book is so good that I'm fine with plugging in the missing information myself. I love how it's set up as one big alphabetical list of tags. It makes it so easy to find what you want. I have been using it lately to check tags for browser compatibility. Saves so much time to quick turn to a page in this small book, rather than search big books or websites for compatibility info!

perfect, complete - 2006-02-23
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This is what other O'Reilly Pocket References should be. It contains everything and should replace all non-design-oriented HTML books

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