[MACCAWS] css-books

I missed nearly all the stuff about css books earlier, but I just thought of a 
couple of things (I hope they're relevant):

[1] when I wanted to start learning css I thought I'd start from the bottom, 
so I printed out the w3c css specs and read through them. It took a while, but 
they're much more readable than you might think.

[2] I bought a css book. I thought about buying eric's latest, but I looked at 
it and didn't like the style. In the end I bought one by Lie and Bos:

http://dannyreviews.com/h/CSS.html
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?
srefer=target=new&isbn=0201596253

it's pretty much just the specs re-written in a slightly more palatable form, 
and with a nice quick ref. on the inside covers.

There's also a tonne of other css stuff on the web.



So maybe the lack of css books is not an indication of the terrible state of 
css uptake, but rather an indication of the quality and accessability of 
online resources.

I only bought the css book because my company was paying for it.

In fact, I had to review a planned book on blogging the other day and my main 
comments were "well it's very nice, but why would I pay for a book when this 
informaiton is there on the web?". Now granted, if you're thinking of buying a 
book on blogging maybe you're not sufficiently advanced to know where to find 
the stuff on the web - but I would think that those people who are interested 
in css are web-savvy enough to be able to search for the info they want rather 
than just reaching out to amazon and spending their money.


Just a thought...

cheers - dunstan

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