Comments on: Managing expectations

By: coffee

coffee — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:25:18 +0000

My mom used to scold for keeping Coffeecup on the book.Hmm...but still I am using the same.

By: John

John — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:05:54 +0000

This is really what the most people need: learn some basics of graphic design and apply them to their web designs”.

We are webmasters, we have many sites…

By: mat

mat — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 06:29:05 +0000

Just purchased it, I am really enjoying it. You’re smart for publishing a book, you’re writing is suburb and comes off the page easily.

Just because I want to nitpick though, the tools section is pure mac centric, I was kind of looking forward to seeing what tools would be the tools of choice for an apple user being forced to try out the alternatives.

Thanks for the great read.

By: Shaza Hakim

Shaza Hakim — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 04:32:29 +0000

Seriously, utterly hooked.

Purchased the version with 5 licenses and spreading the word to everyone here at Stampede. Finally, a validation and a cause of celebrate the obsession over minute design details!

By: Nate

Nate — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 01:18:51 +0000

If it’s anything like the rest of your Five Simple Steps series, I’m sure it’ll be wildly successful. I can’t wait to download it.

By: Norbert

Norbert — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:01:57 +0000

The coupon is taking forever. And I don’t have enough on my PayPal to get it for £12. Just my luck :)

By: Dennis D.

Dennis D. — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:52:41 +0000

Just downloaded my copy. Thanks and Kudos Mark on a wonderful guide and reference on helping web designers without a graphic design background create websites that stand out for their professional look & experience.

P.S. looking forward to the grid book (more pressure on shoulders)

By: Norbert

Norbert — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:01:48 +0000

Completely agreed Eric. I’m in the same situation. While I’m good with the coding part of the page, I find it really hard to come up with a design for it, or find color schemes that match the users needs.

I know what each color means, but how do you extract the meaning and create a scheme out of that?

Waiting for tomorrow!

By: Mark Otto

Mark Otto — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 12:21:00 +0000

Sounds great!

By: Eric

Eric — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 09:39:37 +0000

I have sought but have not found a book like this.
I have read all of the XHTMl/CSS books I could get my hands on. Very few of them teach you anything about how to Design. I’ve become very good at XHTML/CSS but my web pages are still missing something because I don’t know how to Design.

I was hoping some of the coffee table books you mentioned could teach me a thing or two about design. But most of them consist of only inspirational and theoretical material. Inspiration is good but I want to learn how to Design so I can finally put something up on the web that I am proud of.

That’s why I’m looking forward to the release of Five Simple Steps. It sounds like a book that will finally fill this void on the market of books that teach you how to design your website using graphic design principles.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 07:19:42 +0000

That sounds great, Mark. I’m really looking forward to your book, and I’d rather have something conversational and useful, than pretentious and just sitting on my coffee table.