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That's why we got together ten of the world's most talented web designers to share their secrets with you. Web Standards Creativity is jam-packed with fresh, innovative design ideas. The topics range from essential CSS typography and grid design, effective styling for CMS-driven sites, and astonishing PNG transparency techniques, to DOM scripting magic for creating layouts that change depending on browser resolution and user preference, and better print layouts for web pages. We're sure you will find something here to inspire you!

Amazon.com® Reader Reviews (Ranked by Helpfulness)

Average Amazon.com® Rating:  Based on 19 Ratings

Warning: This book falls apart - 2008-03-22
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Although there are some interesting ideas in this book you should be warned about the very, very, very poor printing quality. After reading through the first 40 pages the book began to fall apart. The pages started to fly out one by one like a hair from your head when starting to develop boldness. After 50 pages it was just a pile of junk so I couldn't finish it.

This book falls apart in about a week and is unusable. - 2009-09-08
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I am fairly careful with my books. This one started falling apart almost immediately. I'm now left with a book that looks increasingly like a pile of leaves. Nice looking book but it's pretty much unreadable.

Nice Project Based Book - 2009-05-18
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Easy to follow style, nice tips, project based. Nice reference to have on the shelf and to build skills.

A rare resource: Anecdotes with code! - 2009-03-08
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I'd highly recommend this to any intermediate-level web designer: Someone who knows the basics of XHTML and CSS, but could learn a lot from reading real stories from professionals about problems they've encountered and the solutions they used. This glossy, nicely-designed book is rich in both inspiring graphics and clean code.

Great case studies - 2008-08-30
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This book is well written, easy to read, and does a great job of walking you through their case studies.

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