If there was one book for Web Standards (XHTML, CSS) it would be Zeldman’s Designing with Web Standards, the first edition was great now the second edition is out and it’s even better. In the updated version some of the new things covered are:
• Slash design, development, and quality assurance costs (or do great work in spite of constrained budgets)
• Deliver superb design and sophisticated functionality without worrying about browser incompatibilities
• Deliver superb sites, no matter what language you use: HTML, XHTML, XML, CSS, and ECMAScript (standard JavaScript)
• Set up your site to work as well five years from now as it does today
• Redesign in hours instead of days or weeks
• Welcome new visitors and make your content more visible to search engines
• Stay on the right side of accessibility laws and guidelines
• Support wireless and PDA users without the hassle and expense of multiple versions
• Improve user experience with faster load times and fewer compatibility headaches
• Separate presentation from structure and behavior, facilitating advanced publishing workflows
Source: www.Amazon.com, www.zeldman.com
