Web design in a nutshell: a desktop quick reference pdf

Jennifer Niederst Robbins has been a web designer since 1993. She designed the web's first commercial site, O'Reilly's Global Network Navigator (GNN). A graduate of the University of Notre Dame, Robbins is the author of Web Design in a Nutshell, Learning Web Design, and HTML and XHTML Pocket Reference. She has also written corporate identity style guides for clients such as Harcourt Publishing, Americanexpress.com, and OrangeImagineering. Since 2000, Robbins has lived in Providence, Rhode Island, where she has worked as a freelance designer, teacher, lecturer and consultant through her company Littlechair, Inc. According to the O'Reilly Community site, "She has spoken at major design and Internet events including SXSW Interactive, Seybold Seminars, the GRAFILL conference (Geilo, Norway), and one of the first W3C International Expos." She has taught at Johnson & Wales University and at the Massachusetts College of Art.

Web design in a nutshell: a desktop quick reference pdf by Jennifer Niederst Robbins

Web Design in a Nutshell contains the nitty-gritty on everything you need to know to design Web pages. It's the good stuff, without the fluff, organized so that answers can be found quickly. Written by veteran Web designer Jennifer Niederst, this book provides quick access to the wide range of technologies and techniques from which Web designers and authors must draw. Topics include understanding the Web environment, HTML, graphics, multimedia and interactivity, and emerging technologies. Web Design in a Nutshell addresses broad challenges that are specific to Web design, such as designing for unknown viewing conditions and deciding what technologies to support. The book provides strategies for designing in this unique environment, as well as background information on how the browsers handle color, fonts, graphics, and multimedia elements. It is an excellent reference for HTML 4.0 tags (including tables, frames, style sheets, and JavaScript) with special attention given to browser support and platform idiosyncrasies.