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Book descriptionAn indispensable reference for web designers, authors and programmers, this concise guide to every HTML tag has been brought up-to-date with the current HTML specification (4.01). Each tag entry includes detailed information on the tag's attributes and support information for the latest web browsers -- Netscape 6, IE 6, and Opera 5. Author Jennifer Niederst provides context for the tags, indicating which are grouped together, and offers bare-bones examples of how standard web page elements are constructed.
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Book details
Title:
HTML Pocket Reference
Second Edition: January 2002
Series: Pocket References
ISBN 10: 0-596-00296-3
ISBN 13: 9780596002961
Pages: 104
Average Customer Reviews: (Based on 5 Reviews)
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2005-02-10 14:29:32
corexian
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I must have a later edition, the "<img>" tag is where it should be in my copy. All in all, I use this little book quite a bit. I have trouble always remembering different forms for each tag and the many attributes that can go for each. Whenever I'm stumped and can't remember, I can just reach for this reference and flip to it instead of hunting it down on the web. It's saved me time when I needed to be working on scripts or code but needed to output some html and couldn't think of what I needed.
HTML Pocket Reference, 2nd Edition Review
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2003-07-15 10:44:43
Wortwart
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Very sad and hard to understand that even the second edition is spiked with errors. One needn't to be a genius to put together all available documents from W3C and make a book of it, so the errors only weigh more. At least, the German edition ("HTML kurz & gut") has corrected the worst errata.
What I liked about the book were the document examples in the beginning. The %coreattrs, %events and %i18n attributes should be easier to find (they are not listed in the TOC). I think, required attributes should be listed before optional ones.
What is missing (as some readers also remarked in the errata list):
- color names
- some words about other character tables
- some words about http-equiv
- ... and about the use of other attributes like <area>-coordinates. A sentence like "The syntax depends on the form" is poor.
But still, as I don't know a better book of this kind, I do not regret having bought it. It's handy and useful, in spite of the errors. But maybe O'Reilly should think about withdrawing it and reworking it before damaging their reputation.
HTML Pocket Reference, 2nd Edition Review
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2003-02-24 10:04:57
Mike Agnes
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The "Reference" in the work's title is unearned. A browse through the list of errata reported on this website for the printed book is hair-raising. A reference book is one we are expected to trust. After two editions, for example, the author seems still not to have grasped character entities and their independence of the Macintosh platform. This is not a difficult subject to cover: as will all HTML specifications, the W3C has the complete listing, so there is no reason for errata. A well-done equivalent of this book would be extremely valuable. Perhaps another imprint can exercise the sort of quality control that used to be expected of publishers and produce a genuinely worthwhile book in this format.
HTML Pocket Reference, 2nd Edition Review
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2002-07-07 17:34:57
Robert Chappelear
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I also can't believe that they forgot the <IMG> tag. Imagine my surprise when that was the first tag I tried to look up! Where is their sense of quality? If you are looking for a handy little book to keep with you, this is not the one, at least not until they get to the 3rd edition and restore <IMG> to its rightful place.
HTML Pocket Reference, 2nd Edition Review
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2002-02-11 07:38:07
Mark Lynn
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Must have book for any web developer. I use it constantly. My only grumble is that there is no listing for the <IMG> tag. How could they miss that one?
Media reviews
"I really do intend to keep this pocket reference handy when I am working on the various web sites that I maintain...I recommend this book to anyone already versed in HTML as a quick reference to HTML tag structure and tag attibutes."
--Joe Baeza, Sierra Vista IBM PC Users Group, April 2003
"O'Reilly's 'HTML Pocket Reference, 2nd Ed.' is a great help to anyone who works with HTML. It may be small, but it packs a lot of info into its pages."
--Provo Linux Users Group, Jan 2003
"...this pocket reference is well worth the shelf space. Even better, prop it between your screen and speaker so it is immediately available when needed."
--Andrew Cormack, News@UK, July 2002
