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The first reference-only HTML book on the market with cross client developers in mind, Webmaster's HTML and WWW File Format Reference provides a complete guide to HTML tags for HTML+, HTML 2.0, and HTML 3.0. The book also provides quick conversion notes for MIME and other Internet based utilities to provide for conversion. ... Read more

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You can what you like of the enclosed review, Ruth Mountaing
[NDN Logo] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hybrid HTML Design by Jean Warner and Kevin Ready New Riders Publishing, 1996, 412 pages, paperback, $35.00 by Ruth Mountaingrove You've just put your web page on Netscape and it looks beautiful. But have you checked it out on America on Line or Compuserve? Yeech! What has happened to your beautiful design? Where have the buttons gone? Why is everything on the left side or in a straight line with no breaks? Why has the picture you put in changed to that size? Where are the frames? The answers to these questions and the solutions, as much as is possible, are in the book Hybrid HTML Design. Here you will learn what tags to use to accommodate not only Netscape which is probably the most complex and developed browser but you will also be able to make it possible for aol'ers and other more primitive browsers to enjoy your work. HTML is the abbreviation for HyperTextMarkup Language. A feature I like very much is the step by step explanations with photographs of browsers showing you what each browser will do to your web page. The HTML document behind each page is printed out. Tags are explained. Browsers that don't recognize HTML tags are illustrated with photographs showing what that looks like. Not pretty. The browsers dealt with are Netscape Navigator 2 and 3, Internet Explorer 2, Oracle Power Browser 1, Hot Java Alpha 1, NCSA Mosaic 2, Compuserve Spry Mosaic, America On-line 2.4, Prodigy, Cyberdog, PointCast, the Lynx browser and others. While you may be tempted, as I was, to buy PageMill 1, I realized as soon as I got it that I still needed to learn some HTML because PageMill is limited, They admit this in their user guide which accompanies the disk. The book also deals with server issues assuming of course you want to be your own server. This implies that you are doing a lot of web work and need your own space on the net. Accompanying the book is a Hybrid HTML Design CD-ROM with Gif Builder, Debabelizer lite, Plug-ins including Shockwave for Freehand, and Director, Crescendo, Future Splash, Photo Bubbles. There is also Microsoft Internet Explorer. Also included are demos of the Oracle Power Browser, Micromedia Director 5, and Shockwave. Shareware of BBedit, BBedit lite, World Wide Web Weaver, Adobe PageMill 1 and HTML Assistant Pro 2. Demos, meaning you can play but not save. In addition there are Adobe PhotoShop 3.05, Illustrator 6, Fetch 1.2, Premier 4.0.1, PageMaker 6 and much more, like conversion programs, and lots more information on Hybrid HTML Design. The book and CD-Rom are an excellent combination. The demos make it possible to have hands-on experience before buying expensive software. Janine Warner and Kevin Reading have created a well thought out tool for the webster. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ruth Mountaingrove is an avid computer user, teacher of Senior Citzens, writer for Senior News and creator of her own web site: Web Page of a 74 Year Old Woman ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Digital News Update * Redwood Country Update * Battling Scientology: Interview with Grady Ward * Back Issues ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Midori (緑?, Japanese for green) is a web browser that aims to be lightweight and fast. It uses the WebKit rendering engine and the GTK+ 2 interface. Midori is part of the Xfce desktop environment's Goodies component. A web browser is a software application for retrieving, presenting, and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web. An information resource is identified by a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) and may be a web page, image, video, or other piece of content. Hyperlinks present in resources enable users to easily navigate their browsers to related resources. Although browsers are primarily intended to access the World Wide Web, they can also be used to access information provided by Web servers in private networks or files in file systems. Some browsers can be also used to save information resources to file systems. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Cello was an early shareware16-bitmultipurpose web browser for Windows 3.1 developed by Thomas R. Bruce of the Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School. It was the first web browser for Microsoft Windows, and thus was among the first free winsock browsers. It was reported that it worked without any problems on Windows NT 3.5 and with small modifications on OS/2. Cello was created because, at the time, lawyers used Microsoft Windows on their computers, but the web browsers available at the time were mostly for Unix operating systems. This meant many legal experts were unable to access legal information made available in hypertext on the World Wide Web. ... Read more

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This book explores all the important issues for a Mac user who wants to set up a SLIP connection and use Mosaic to access the Internet. This book/CD set covers the full range of initiating and tapping into the potential power of Mosaic, from setting up a SLIP account to installing the software to creating a home page. ... Read more

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Provides step-by-step instructions to master the hottest new features of MSIE 4, including Active Desktop. Teaches readers how to optimize NetMeeting, the new realtime Internet conferencing system that offers a whiteboard, chat and file transfer capabilities, and a shared clipboard. Shows you how to use Internet Explorer to view the desktop, files, news, stock market reports, sports scores, and more. Provides expert tips, tricks, and techniques for customizing Internet Explorer. Explores the breadth of possibilities with Outlook Express, Microsoft's latest email program. Shows how to switch seamlessly between your normal desktop and the new ActiveDesktop. ... Read more

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A Fun and Enjoyable Learning Experience!
     Few programs have made the news more than this one! Entangled in its own web of controversy concerning its packaging with the Windows '98 operating system and taking heat from the Federal Government and its competitors, Internet Explorer 4 (IE4), offers great value at a great price - free if it comes with a new computer, as part of a promotional package, or if you can manage to download it off the Internet!

     Millhollon, O'Loughlin, & Zuccarini (sounds like a law firm), have written Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 FrontRunner to offer information about this first-rate Web browser that sets new standards in interactivity and technology. They offer a sweeping panoramic view of IE4 throughtout the book, guiding readers through the use of each menu command, they demonstrate how to personalize IE4's desktop appearance, and help with finding and setting all the configuration options. Many of the new and exciting features of IE4, including the e-mail program, Outlo! ok Express, are given excellent treatment. Helpful screen and menu shots are provided throughout the book.

     One particular emphasis the authors provide that I found helpful and necessary was information concerning advanced HTML programming. Because IE4 offers special and sometimes unique features, Website designers face some tough decisions to make as far as browser compatibility considerations are concerned. Readers are informed of these new features so they can know what to expect from viewing a variety of Web pages. Furthermore, this information will be helpful to readers who plan to build their own Websites around Microsoft's latest browser!

     The book is structured so readers can pick it up and flip through its pages to quickly find the information they need. This book will provide readers with hours of intriguing reading and all the information they will ever need. The authors express their enthusiasm for this new program throughout the book with compassioned ! wit and wisdom. They also encourage individual creativity. ! Allow them to provide you with a fun and enjoyable experience as you learn about the program that will change the way we will connect with other members of the online community! Highly recommended! ... Read more

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Shockwave, Flash, RealPlayer, QuickTime, iPIX: these and hundreds of other Internet plug-ins, helper applications and browser extending tools can make using the Web simple - if you know which tools to use and how to use them. With library Internet access training responsibilities, library professionals have become important facilitators in the virtual world and it has become imperative for them to familiarize themselves with tools to extend the browser's capabilities. This how-to-do-it manual is designed as an aid to saving library staff and their users from becoming mired in a cyber-swamp. The practical capabilities that facilitate smooth Web usage are carefully demystified, and clear guidance is given on the best use of office applications, image-viewing tools, sound enhancers, vide players and more. The book discusses 15 of the most essential plug-ins, covering purpose, system requirements, strengths and weaknesses, installation instructions, troubleshooting tips and special benefits and applications for libraries. ... Read more

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"Brain Browser", now available for Windows, is designed to assist researchers and beginning and advanced neuroscience students in their efforts to organize, analyze, and contribute to the growing, detailed knowledge of the brain. "Brain Browser" serves as an electronic notebook for neuroanatomy and offers numerous educational and research applications. Intended for the student, it aims to: promote learning of the organization and structure of the rat brain; organize knowledge of brain function and structure; store neuroanatomical references and terms in an efficient manner; add your own experimental results and build a personal database; organize and recall multiple items of complexly interrelated data; and develop a more efficient and organized way to write papers and do research. "Brain Browser" consists of four main HyperText stacks: "Learner" introduces the beginner to rat brain organization and provides elemental coverage of circuits, cells, and neurotransmitters. "NeuroNavigator" presents a computer atlas based on "The Rat Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates", by George Paxinos and Charles Watson (Academic Press, Second Edition, 1986).Linker is an extensive database of neuronal circuitry (the afferent and efferent connections between brain locations). DataMaker enables the user to add or modify templates of the atlas plates with their own data. ... Read more

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End downtime--once and for all!Without a doubt, downtime prevention is every network manager's biggest problem. And, using commercial browsers to check up on the network simply doesn't guarantee the necessary security. Now there's a new generation of secure, browser-free, Web-based network management products devised to prevent downtime in every kind of network, no matter what hardware, software, or operating system it uses--all via the web!Written by an award-winning networking writer, this practical guide explains how this new technology works and how to incorporate it into existing network management strategies. Complete with a detailed product evaluation guide and real-world case studies, this book will also cover the security issues involved in managing all network sites from anywhere in the world. ... Read more

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A must have for anyI.S. Manager!
For readers at any level of computer expertise, Web-Based Network Management explores using Internet technologies in order to manage your networks and companies. Real world examples are informative andinteresting. A must have for business owners and I.S. managers. ... Read more

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Ever need a fact or quotation on browsers? Designed for speechwriters, journalists, writers, researchers, students, professors, teachers, historians, academics, scrapbookers, trivia buffs and word lovers, this is the largest book ever created for this single word. It represents a compilation from a variety of sources with a linguistic emphasis on anything relating to the term "browsers," including non-conventional usage and alternative meanings which capture ambiguities. The entries cover all parts of speech (noun, verb, adverb or adjective usage) as well as use in modern slang, pop culture, social sciences (linguistics, history, geography, economics, sociology, political science), business, computer science, literature, law, medicine, psychology, mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology and other physical sciences. This "data dump" results in many unexpected examples for browsers, since the editorial decision to include or exclude terms is purely a linguistic process. The resulting entries are used under license or with permission, used under "fair use" conditions, used in agreement with the original authors, or are in the public domain. Proceeds from this book are used to expand the content and coverage of Webster's Online Dictionary (www.websters-online-dictionary.org). ... Read more

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The book as a form factor has been around for about 2,000 years, since Julius Caesar first decided to fold up a scroll, accordion-style, and mark the pages for later reference. In 1455, Aldus Manutius was the first to publish the portable paperback, and it has remained relatively unchanged since.

Why has the book survived so long? What makes the the book continue to be relevant and useful? Books are inherently ""browsable."" What lessons from the book can be applied to the web browser and other digital technologies? How might digital technologies alter or enhance the way that we interact with books as physical objects? What do the book and browser interfaces have in common? What is the future of the book? Of the browser? ... Read more

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Both Netscape and Microsoft have created their own versions of Dynamic HTML (DHTML). Incompatibilities between their browsers make it very difficult for web designers to use DHTML to add advanced user interface features to their sites. This is the first book that answers the question webmasters are asking more and more frequently: How can DHTML be used effectively, given the issue of incompatible browsers among users? Writing Cross-Browser Dynamic HTML focuses on answering this critical question without getting sidetracked into general HTML or XML issues. The result is a book that clearly and concisely addresses programmers' needs without overwhelming them with a cumbersome volume that tries to answer every possible question about DHTML.

Author Heather Williamson begins by introducing the fundamental concepts upon which DHTML programming is based: the Document Object Model, Cascading Style Sheets, and scripting languages. In each case, she cites the differences between the Netscape and Microsoft implementations of these features. You'll learn which features can be used safely, which must be avoided, and how to use scripting languages to overcome differences between DHTML implementations.

Williamson then moves into an in-depth discussion of how to use the knowledge of DHTML differences in real-world applications&emdash;specifically, as applied to a highly interactive professional website. She finishes the book by going beyond the purely technical issues to discuss how compatibility must be incorporated into the development process, especially when teams of developers are involved.

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A good book for Beginners and Novices
I have used this book as a learning tool in training classes and have found it gives a sound foundation on DHTML and how it is implemented in Netscape and IE's current supported versions.Ms Williamson has layed out the basic principals that are being used today and lays the foundation that can be built upon by Developers and Designers in the future.Although some of the examples did not work as they were intended we were able to make sense of what the intention was and see how the usage would enable us to provide pages for clients that could be impactive and easily viewed.

Ouch!
The reviews below are entirely accurate about the (lack of useful) content in this book. But I have to add that I've never seen a book as poorly edited as this one. (There are a lot of poorly edited books out there, too.) Variables change their name from one line of code to the next; typos abound; and on p. 184 a query by the editor to the author has been duly set into the code! So the code is unreadable, and even after you correct for the typos and errors and omissions it still doesn't work, and even if it did work it would be lame.

I paid ... for this, too.

Nothing New, Nothing In Depth, Nothing Worthwhile
I thought this was going to be a good book for creating business class Cross-Browser DHTML Web Applications. IT'S NOT.

Apparently, the target audience for this book was the weekend web-hobbiests who want cute interactive graphics for thier homepages.

This book is not worth the paper it is written on.

Very Disappointing
If you are looking for the source to solving all your issues that just don't seem to work for both IE and Netscape, this is NOT the book.Nuff said.

Disappointing and obsolete - Update needed
In the year 2001, what would you expect from a NEW book about "cross-browser Dynamic HTML" ? I would expect a book showing me how to develop code that will work in Internet Explorer 4.x and up, Netscape Communicator 4.x, Gecko-based browsers like Netscape 6 and Mozilla, plus preferable a general implementation of (or at least a discussion about) "future-safe" DHTML based solely on the recommended W3C and ECMA standards. It is "alternative" browsers like Opera and Konqueror I hope to see support of through the pure standards based implementation (and it will proplably work with the Gecko-based browsers and the upcomming IE6 browser too).

Does Heather Williamsen book live up to my expections ? I'm afraid very far from... Heathers ambigition have been to support IE4-5, NS4.x and NS6. I guess this is allright as a MINIMUM, since it covers the browsers most people will use for some time. But at the time of writing the final version of Netscape 6 has clearly not been released yet, and wheather Heather hasn't done her homework good enough or if the specifikations of Netscape 6/Mozilla has changed during its development, I don't know, but it is a fact that none (or very little) of the DHTML-code pressented in the book will work in Netscape 6, Mozilla or other browsers based on the Gecko layout engine. The worst mistake is that Heather takes support of Netscape 4.x Layers for granted in Netscape 6. Layers is not part of the W3C standard, and this propritary Netscape 4.x feature is NOT supported in Netscape 6 or other Gecko-based browsers !

Off course you can learn something about generating DHTML that works in IE4-5.x and NS4.x in this book, but without (working) support of Netscape 6 I can never recommend this book to anyone taking webdevelopment seriously. I hope there will be some comprehensive corrections/updates to find on the Apress website soon, becourse if not this book has been a completely waste of money for me. Sorry about these hard words.

The day there is a good cross-browser DHTML book that lives up to my expectations mentioned first in this little review, please let me know ! (Why hasn't anybody written a review of "New Perspectives on Creating Web Pages with Dynamic HTML" [ISBN 0619019182] telling about its browser/standard support yet ? - No I'm not gonna buy it if I don't see somebody else reviewing it in a positive way. I aint gonna burn my fingers twice). ... Read more