This is the ultimate in inspirational, high-level web design books - an innovative book for the very successful but highly contested web standards market. There is no attempt to teach the basics CSS or JavaScript - competency is already assumed. This book brings together 12 of the world's most talented web designers to share their secrets with the reader. The techniques discussed cover the full spectrum of essential web design topics, but not run of the mill content - readers will find enough innovation inside that they will keep coming back to the book again and again to improve their work. The book is completely standards-compliant, and up-to-date, including discussions of IE 7 support. And to make learning even more rewarding, the book is presented in glorious full color.

Autorentext
Andy Budd is one of the founding partners at User Experience Design Consultancy, Clearleft. As an interaction design and usability specialist, Andy is a regular speaker at international conferences like Web Directions, An Event Apart, and SXSW. Andy curates dConstruct, one of the U.K.'s most popular design conferences. He's also responsible for UX London, the U.K.'s first dedicated usability, information architecture, and user experience design event. Andy was an early champion of web standards in the U.K. and has developed an intimate understanding of the CSS specifications and cross-browser support. As an active member of the community, Andy has helped judge several international design awards and currently sits on the advisory board for .NET magazine. Andy is also the driving force behind Silverbackapp, a low-cost usability testing tool for the Mac. Andy is an avid Twitter user and occasionally blogs at andybudd.com. Never happier than when he's diving in some remote tropical atoll, Andy is a qualified PADI dive instructor and retired shark wrangler.

Klappentext

This is the ultimate in inspirational, high-level web design books. There is no attempt to teach the basics CSS or JavaScript - competency is already assumed. This book brings together 12 of the world's most talented web designers to share their secrets with the reader. The techniques discussed cover the full spectrum of essential web design topics, and readers will find enough innovation inside that they will keep coming back to the book again and again to improve their work. The book, presented in full color, is completely standards-compliant, and up-to-date, including discussions of IE 7 support.

Zusammenfassung

• Be inspired by 10 web design lessons from 10 of the world's best web designers
• Get creative with cutting-edge XHTML, CSS, and DOM scripting techniques
• Learn breathtaking design skills while remaining standards-compliant
  Here at friends of ED, we know that as a web designer or developer, your work involves more than just working to pay the bills. We know that each day, you strive to push the boundaries of your medium, unleashing your creativity in new ways to make your websites more engaging and attractive to behold, while still maintaining cross-browser support, standards compliance, and accessibility.

That's why we got together 10 of the world's most talented web designers to share their secrets with you. Web Standards Creativity is jam-packed with fresh, innovative design ideas. The topics range from essential CSS typography and grid design, effective styling for CMS-driven sites, and astonishing PNG transparency techniques, to DOM scripting magic for creating layouts that change depending on browser resolution and user preference, and better print layouts for web pages. We're sure you will find something here to inspire you!

This full-color book's examples are not just stunning to look at, but also fully standards-compliant, up-to-date, and tested in current browsers including Internet Explorer 7. Playing by the rules doesn't have to mean drab or dull websitesWeb Standards can be fun!

Inhalt
Layout Magic.- Semantic Structure, Dirty Pretty Presentation.- Taming a Wild CMS with CSS, Flash, and JavaScript.- New York Magazine: My, What a Classy .- Designing for Outside the Box.- Creative Use of PNG Transparency in Web Design.- Effective Print Techniques Applied to CSS Design.- Grid Design for the Web.- Bridging the Type Divide: Classic Typography with CSS.- DOM Scripting Gems.- Print Magic: Using the DOM and CSS to Save the Planet.- Creating Dynamic Interfaces Using JavaScript.- Accessible Sliding Navigation.