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Paperback: 320 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.74 x 10.08 x 8.02 Publisher: Sybex;
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Flanders:
"Almost every mistake in this book occurs because someone forgot that a Web
site exists to solve problems -- not the site owner's problems, not the Web site
designer's problems, the Web site visitor's problems."
(SEE
WHOLE COVER)
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He's back and he's hot
Son of
Web Pages That Suck:
Learn Good Design by Looking at Bad Design
by Vincent Flanders, Dean Peters
Back with a vengeance... Vincent Flanders, co-author of the best-selling Web
Pages That Suck, is back with an all-new, irreverent look at the web's worst.
Whether you're designing a site for your digital photos or in charge of your Fortune
500 company's web presence, you need to read Flanders take on the many mistakes that
undermine some of the best-known sites on the web.
For instance, you'll really like the section called 'Two Minute Offense'. This is
an exercise designed to getting you thinking in two minutes of all the problems that
show on the web page displayed in that section. Try it.
This new addition to the "Sucks" tradition is even better than the first
one, and is now updated with today's technology and how it's abused and misused.
- TREMBLE at the horror of Mystery Meat Navigation
- RUN SCREAMING from splishy splashy Flash pages
- CONQUER your web nightmares by learning the four guiding principles of smart
web design
- MASTER the art of spotting a page's flaws in two minutes flat
Flanders:
What site owners and designers forget is that their visitors are
just one click away from putting them out of business. The most important piece of
information about creating a Web site I can give you is quite simple: Solve my problems
now."
Once you've overcome the visual delight of the book, dig into the CD that is
included. You'll enjoy trying Flander's recommended items like: Snag It (Windows
screen captures), Top Style Pro (checks for cross-browser problems as you work),
and Color Schemer for creating color themes. You'll also enjoy "Screen Ruler"
the virtual ruler that you can drag around the screen.
Unlike other "series" books, this one is written from the ground up to
cover today's biggest web design challenges. There are other 'side bars' to help
you learn also such as Sucks Not and Sucks a Lot. Both titles are self-explanatory.
Don't forget to check out the 'What Did You Learn' at the end of each chapter. This
section will review what went on in the chapter and gives you a chance to be sure
you saw everything in that chapter.
Flanders:
"Would Amazon.com use that design element on its site? It's
an important question because Amazon.com has probably spent more time and money researching
what works and doesn't work on a Web site than anyone.
Some design techniques you probably won't see on Amazon.com: Flash. Amazon doesn't
use Flash -- why should you? Splash pages -- splash pages get in the way of the visitor.
DHTML. I like to call it DuHTML because...duh...it's too unreliable to use. Ask yourself
this question...would Amazon sell more copies of my original book if they used DuHTML?
I doubt it. Java. Hmm. Would using Java sell more copies of my original book? Don't
think so."
This book is funny, it's highly informative and it's superbly thought provoking.
In addition it's well written, beautifully designed and profusely illustrated with
color on every single page. (If you find a page with no color, you'll win the prize.)
Even if you don't design web pages, this book is a great one. Get it now.
Fred Showker
 Son
of Web Pages That Suck:
Learn Good Design by Looking at Bad Design
by Vincent Flanders, Dean Peters
Paperback: 320 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.74 x 10.08 x 8.02 Publisher: Sybex;
Bk&Cd-Rom edition
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