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Our recommended selection for all HTML users is the recent release from Osborne/McGraw-Hill

  Our NST Engineers company reviewers found this over 1000 page McGraw-Hill compendium by Powell to be an ideal training text and desktop reference for a wide spectrum of web page designers. Individuals working to improve company intranet, extranet, and internet communications will be well-served by the examples given of code and scripting followed by what you can expect to see. Professionals seeking guidance in advanced HTML, DHTML, XML, and related internet savvy can expect to increase their understanding of these cutting-edge technologies.

  NST Engineers found excellent coverage of the pitfalls of page preparation without knowledge of the differences between popular browser capabilities. The browser versions expected to be in common use for the next few years of Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, WebTV, and a few others, and how to allow for differing browser interpreting capabilities , is well covered throughout this reference work.

  Hundreds of pages of appendixes explain what you can and can't do with HTML elements and style sheets. The function, power, and use of Java Script in its several variations are explained with examples. Author Thomas A. Powell, an expert Web consultant and Internet applications teacher at University of California at San Diego, explains the centrality of HTML while predicting changes that XML and other methods may bring in the future. HTML is considered a subset of XML. Powell cites lots of free online Web sites, at all levels, to augment material in this McGraw-Hill reference.

  NST Engineers found the writing style, loaded with useful examples and stabs of humor, to be an easy read. This is a body of knowledge that must be understood at higher than an entry level by industrial, academic, and small business practitioners alike who see the need for an effective Web presence. To find out more about this book, or to order it online, just enter its ISBN (same as the ASN) number:0072119772 in the Amazon.com keyword search box below.