Web standards solutions

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…ldog.com/ wasn't bad as far as I remember. Be careful with the books, do not pick "old-style" one, which pays no attention to web standards and semantics. I'd recommend "Web Standards Solutions: The Markup and Style Handbook" by Dan Cederholm ( http://astore.amazon.com/simplebits-20/detail/1590593812 ). Not exactly introductory, but worth reading.

I did like both books by Cederholm, so I also recommend Web Standards Solutions: The Markup and Style Handbook

Dan Cederholm is a high-quality designer with great jumpstart material. Namely, his books "Bulletproof Web Design" ( http://www.simplebits.com/publications/bulletproof/ ), and "Web Standards Solutions" ( http://www.simplebits.com/publications/solutions/ ). If you can afford the time and expense, a one-day Carson Workshop from a CSS master can help a lot. This one is already past, but for example: http://carsonworkshops.com/design-dev/clarke/14May2008.html For off-the-web inspiration, study Edward Tufte ( http://www.edwardtufte.com ), architecture (for example, Christopher Alexander: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Alexander ), and cartography (peruse a great atlas like The Atlas of Oregon: http://geography.uoregon.edu/infographics/projects/atlasPrin... ).

If you're only going to buy one book on CSS, I highly recommend CSS Mastery by Andy Budd. It actually has a great introductory section in there, and no one puts into plain English better the reasons why certain hacks are used in certain browsers. Web Standards Solutions by Dan Cederholm is a solid intermediate level book and if you want a good one on usability, I think Jakob Nielsen's Prioritizing Web Usability is a solid, well-researched read. While Defensive Web Design for the Web by 37signals is alright, I think it's a bit dated and I found it focused more on sites that execute certain principles badly. I really wished there were more books on sites that get interfaces right--or even one on evolution of a design with commentary by the UI engineers...but that would be too useful. I wrote a cursory article about CSS techniques on Particl…