HTML in Plain English
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poorly organized, hard to use
This book was obviously thrown together quickly. It lacks even the basic amenities of a professionally produced book, like headers and footers that would let you find your way through the many alphabetical topics. The index lists too many pages for each entry, rather than pointing to the useful ones. The attempts to distinguish standard from nonstandard HTML are useless, since many Netscape-supported options are listed "MICROSOFT."
If this is plain english, I'd hate to read technical. 
This is a good reference source if you know basic HTML programming and want to look up a particular tag or element. As a "plain english" guide for novices, it utterly fails. Poorly laid out, little intro material, the book primarily provides a laundry list of HTML code for mid-level experienced web-designers. Also, no pictures. I thought the web was about graphics.
Definitely not for beginners
Potential buyers could easily be misled by its title into thinking that this book is for beginners, which it certainly is not. It's a reference book which assumes you already know HTML reasonably well, and consists mainly of formal syntax listings of HTML tags with their arguments and a few examples. It has over 700 pages because the argument definitions are reprinted for EACH tag, some literally hundreds of times, a huge waste of paper. It would be much more useful to spend a few more pages on the index and print larger than its 6-point type, since you have to refer to it constantly due to the book's rather arbitrary organization scheme.
The best HTML reference book for the best price. 
This book has all the HTML information I need and costs less than most other HTML/basic website design. It IS written in PLAIN ENGLISH, which is refreshing. Finding the information you need to solve a particular HTML problem is quite easy. If you are only going to buy one HTML book, but this one.
Best HTML reference book I've purchased so far.
This is an excellent book for your library. It describes you all the recent HTML (including 4.0) tags in plain english, with a brief explanation of when, where, why and how to use them. HTML tags are grouped in catagories (e.g, Frames or Tables etc.). If an attribute is only supported by Netscape or MSIE browser, it's description is preceded with as icon. The note section tells you the origin and history of the tag (HTML 2.0 or HTML 4.0 etc.). If you are planning to code HTML by hand, or you simply save source for an HTML to understand how it works, this is an excellent source. It is also for people who simply want the tags they need, when they need them. It is a one-stop HTML reference for headers to meta to java script to cascading style sheets and everything in between and beyond. Appendix - A contain a complete list of elements by HTML version and activity including Netscape and Microsoft extensions. This book is definitely a must for anyone working with Web Pages.
