On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 16:08:13 -0700, Joern Nettingsmeier
<nettings(_at_)folkwang-hochschule(_dot_)de> wrote:
and wrox messed up the the page headers big time. they are totally
useless, since you don't see at a glance which element or function is
being discussed, which is a showstopper for a reference handbook.
Oh, this is without a doubt, an absolute. What makes the difference, as
you point out, is the content itself, so the reflection is obviously one
against the format chosen by Wrox and continued when Wiley took things
over. Of course, I can't imagine that this is something they do in
ignorance: My guess is that their research and/or user-feedback from over
the years suggests this to be a format that works for the core
readers/customers that are attracted to Wrox titles.
Personally, I *MUCH* prefer the O'Reilly approach, but that really
shouldn't come as much surprise. ;)
So I guess the bottom line to all of this is pretty straight forward: The
content is what makes these two titles (and each of their predecessors)
*MUST* haves for your developer book shelf.
--
/M:D
M. David Peterson
http://mdavid.name | http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/2354 |
http://dev.aol.com/blog/3155
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