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Summary: Disappointed
Comment: I'm a regular visitor to sitepoint. I do enjoy Jason Beard's writings. However, after finishing this book I find myself not one whit smarter and actually feel dumber for having spent the $ on it. Seriously, anything this elementary should be billed as so. I learned nothing.
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Summary: A suprisingly informative book
Comment: I was concerned that this might be a coffee table picture book of pretty website, but it could not be further than that! The wide range of topics covered include how colors work together and what they symbolize, how to determine pleasing proportions, image file formats, typography, back ground textures... just a huge range subjects you won't find much of in books that teach or reference the code aspects of web development. Now, those who have a formal education in design may not find this book any more than a refresher, but for the rest of us... it could be a real eye opener!
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Summary: Ho hum book
Comment: I knew nothing about Web design before the book, after the book, I know about the color wheel. Most of the other things that he glossed over I found to be like a collection of amateur blogs strung together in a book. To me, it felt like he was afraid to teach us anything useful, as it would correlate to more competition for him.
Perhaps I expected too much of the book, but it seemed to be verbose for the sake of it. Also, I was hoping there would be some tie in to the actual programming of the site. To me, it seemed like he just gave a very brief description of how to make photo's look better by using Photoshop.
I am willing to admit, perhaps though, I think "Web Design" should encompass some functionality to it as well, as opposed to just pretty pictures. I may very well be completely ignorant to it, but it wasn't the book that I was looking for. I would give it 1 star, but I felt there is a good chance that I'm the one who made a mistake and bought the wrong type of book for what I was looking for. So I gave it 3.
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Summary: Very useful book
Comment: This is one of the best web design books I've ever read. It's well written and gives you a lot of practical advices that go beyond just web design and cover topics such as meeting with clients, gathering information and essentially being a freelance web designer.
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Summary: Suggested for a programmer...
Comment: As a graphic designer with years of design training I have to say that I didn't receive too much new information on this book, however for a programmer this book is a gem. This book will go to the programming dept where it will be used very frequently. If you have years of design training than this book is probably not where you want to start.
If you have not been to sitepoint yet go to their website and look through a plethora of web design inspiration and see the books available for what fits you better. Then come back to amazon and purchase the book here. (You'll save a bundle). Hope this helps.
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