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Creating Killer Interactive Web Sites takes an original look into the never-before-revealed secrets and strategies of one of the world's most preeminent Web design firms. Using a highly visual, inspiring approach, you'll discover the art of integrating interactivity into a well-designed site, as well as explore the emerging tools and trends needed to craft a successful Web presence. With full-color examples, real-world case studies, and proven techniques, you'll uncover the intricacies of designing a truly interactive Web experience that will bring visitors back to your site again and again. In addition, you'll discover how to effectively use JavaScript, Java, Shockwave, Flash, cookies, Web graphics, animations, style sheets, and multimedia in your site. With this book, you'll have all the tools and expert advice you need to bring your site to a higher level of professionalism and effectiveness.

• Explains the art of integrating interactivity into a well-designed Web site
• Gives detailed case studies of sites that successfully integrate design and interactivity

Customer Reviews (18)

School Books
When you're going to college & need to save $ on books, check here first! Book in great condition, not a scratch & great shipping package too.

Wow. Pure Genius.
While this book was written a few years ago, it is one of the most balanced and comprehensive web design books ever written.

From the basics of good design, to sophisticated discussion on color selection and creating brand forward web sites, this book has it all. While it does not cover some of the newer technologies, the principles in this book are timeless and will help anyone today create a world class web site.

I strongly recommend this book to amateurs and pros alike.

Web design explained from scratch
Many books focus on HTML techniques, others in color management, others innavigation... this one focus on work - how is it done. If you are about tocreate a new web design agency (like me) then man - this one gets it right!It doesn't get all 5 stars because it's a bit old and its companion website is gone.

Seems to Represent a Culture Gap
My book on html and javascript was more helpful on interactivity.This book seems to demark a line between people who can "just do it" and those who need a board room, 10 people, and six meetings in order tofigure out where the best place to stick the navigation bar might be. Those already trained in color theory, minor marketing ideas, and areup-to-the minute with html and other web languages/programs such asJavacript and Flash can skip it.Something about executives copying"cool" style leaves a bad taste in my mouth.Those withconfidence enough to think for themselves should do so.

Didn't follow through with promise of companion website.
This book constantly refers to scripts available at their companion website. At the website all you will find is an inadequate excuse for why the scripts aren't there. Without the scripts the book is nothing more than useless theory that can't be put into practice.

Save your money and buy abook that includes a companion CD-ROM rather than empty promises of acompanion website. ... Read more

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Chapters: Java, C++, Python, Eiffel, Smalltalk, Ruby, Simula, Common Lisp, Oberon, Clu, Objective-C, Squeak, Sather, Pike, D, Oxygene, C Sharp, Jade, Agentsheets, Magik, Python for S60, Visual Prolog, Oak, Pharo, Embedded C++, Spec Sharp, F-Script, Lava, Boo, Ferite, Vistasmalltalk, Strongtalk, Smalltalk Yx, Sing Sharp, Fuxi Programming Language, Nu, Monkeybars Framework, Bistro, Little Smalltalk, Clascal, Object Rexx, Active Oberon, Chora, Lightweight Java. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 350. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Common Lisp, commonly abbreviated CL, is a dialect of the Lisp programming language, published in ANSI standard document ANSI INCITS 226-1994 (R2004), (formerly X3.226-1994 (R1999)). From the ANSI Common Lisp standard the Common Lisp HyperSpec has been derived for use with web browsers. Common Lisp was developed to standardize the divergent variants of Lisp (though mainly the MacLisp variants) which predated it, thus it is not an implementation but rather a language specification. Several implementations of the Common Lisp standard are available, including free and open source software and proprietary products. Common Lisp is a general-purpose, multi-paradigm programming language. It supports a combination of procedural, functional, and object-oriented programming paradigms. As a dynamic programming language, it facilitates evolutionary and incremental software development, with iterative compilation into efficient run-time programs. Common Lisp includes CLOS, an object system that supports multimethods and method combinations. It is extensible through standard features such as Lisp macros (compile-time code rearrangement accomplished by the program itself) and reader macros (extension of syntax to give special meaning to characters reserved for users for this...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=6068 ... Read more