Creating killer Web sites
the art of third-generation site design
by David Siegel · first published 1996
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"Creating Killer Web Sites was the first true design book for the web. It shows, in practical terms, the fundamentals of design applied to the web. Now completely updated! Every chapter has new material!" "In this expanded second edition, you'll find the techniques and principles you need to build sites for today's 4.0 and the coming 5.0 browsers. Much of the book has been rewritten with new tips, new tools, updated HTML, and an emphasis on cross-browser compatibility. There are three new chapters on strategies designers will need to know going forward, including a detailed style-sheet tutoria
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Another seminal book for me, was Web Pages That Suck. They actually used to throw shade on Creating Killer Web Sites. Lots of big egos, back then. I learned quite a bit from that book. I think Flanders may still have a site. I was on his mailing list, but I haven’t heard anything for the last decade or so.
on “Gurus of 90s Web Design: Zeldman, Siegel, Nielsen” ↗I still have a physical copy of, "Creating Killer Web Sites." That era of web dev was hacky and super fun.
on “10 Weird HTML Hacks That Shaped the Internet” ↗I remember when David Siegel's Creating Killer Web Sites came out. It was the bomb. Full of lots of ideas and techniques for creating busy, complex, taken-straight-from-print Web pages that take forever to load. Of course, I didn't quite see it that way…
on “Vintage 2.0 - Glossy Retro Takes Over Web Design” ↗Probably coincidental but the fish iconography reminded me immediately of David Siegel's "Creating Killer Web Sites" "follow the fish" navigation: http://www.killersites.com/killerSites/core.html
on “Glitch by Fog Creek” ↗…block elements react to the context, and tables react to the content. Nowadays, the block model has matured enough to moot the point, but back then, it was the best way to have content that reflowed. "Creating Killer Web Sites." That brings back memories... A lot of folks hated that book.
on “10 Weird HTML Hacks That Shaped the Internet” ↗