[thelist] CSS Book

[M. Seyon]

Message from Anthony Ettinger (9/16/2005 02:37 PM)

>I would never waste my money on a reference book. You
>can find that stuff online in a heart beat.

To each his own I guess. Some of us like having a hard copy reference 
manual in case we want to, for example, look up something while "away from 
the computer" - interpret that as euphemistically as you like.

I know personally, it is faster for me to pick up my alphabetised css 
reference and find the property I'm researching than to load w3's css spec, 
hit the index page, and find the term I want. And yes I do have the spec 
downloaded and stored locally.


>Find a book that will provide examples, best and worst
>practices, etc.

Likewise, with the always changing landscape of web dev, css in particular 
with all those annoying browser quirks, oddities and just plain 
inadequacies, these sorts of things are often best researched online, as 
they're probably outdated before the book hits the shelves.

regards.
-marc