Designing With Web Standards
by Jeffrey Zeldman with Ethan Marcotte
Best-selling author/designer and web standards godfather Jeffrey Zeldman has once again updated his classic, industry-shaking guidebook. Substantially revised in collaboration with Ethan Marcotte, this third edition to the foundational web standards text covers improvements and challenges in the changing environment of standards-based design.
PACKED WITH NEW IDEAS
After years of stasis, the world of standards-based design is exploding with new ideas and possibilities. Designing With Web Standards 3rd Edition captures this moment, makes sense of it, and keeps you smartly ahead of the pack.
From HTML 5 to web fonts, CSS3 to WCAG2, the latest technologies, claims and counter-claims get broken down in classic DWWS style into their easy-to-understand component ideas, helping you pick the course of action that works best for your projects.
FILLED WITH INSIGHTS AND STRATEGIC THINKING
As always, the core ideas of standards-based design (which never change) get presented with clear insights and up-to-date examples. You’ll find strategies for persuading even the most stubborn boss or client to support accessibility or reconsider what “IE6 support” means—and for handling the other problems we face when trying to bring rational design and development to the unruly web.
NOW WITH MORE “HOW”
While this 3rd Edition, like its predecessors, spends a great deal of time on “why,” it also features a lot more “how” than past editions. If you loved the ideas in DWWS, but wished the book was a bit more hands-on, this is the edition you’ve waited for.
FUN TO READ
Written in the same engaging and witty style, making even the most complex information easy to digest, it remains your essential guide to creating sites that load faster, reach more users, and cost less to design and maintain. Learn from Jeffrey’s insights as he demonstrates how web standards are driving search engine friendliness (“findability”) and the new applications that are redefining the web and the marketplace. Discover new techniques to make CSS layouts work better across multiple browsers and ways to make web content more accessible.