Book Note: Eric Meyer on CSS

I read two more chapters this morning to help prepare for the CSS redesign, and I still have the same complaint. He is very weak on explaining why he is doing something. I think this book might work better if he started each chapter by showing what he wanted to accomplish and discussed the best path to achieve this goal. Instead he is forced to keep saying "I'll explain later why I'm doing this" and then he never does.

I was especially disappointed in the third chapter, which covered a web calendar, because I needed to redesign my archive pages. He actually hand coded the CSS for a specific month, with unique elements for each day. I can't believe he expects people to do that every month.

I'm not going to give up on this book, but I think I'll just skim it for good ideas, and then maybe come back again after I'm more proficient. Maybe I'll understand his decisions once I know more.