对于普遍缺乏编程经验的Web设计师来说，语义标记和CSS无疑是实现自由设计的障碍。如果没有高效工作流的支持，快节奏的工作环境和较高的客户要求都将意味着巨大的压力和挑战。
国际著名Web设计师Andy Clarke对这种情况有着切身的体会。在本书中，Andy将与您分享他的“超越CSS”方法，引导读者从设计的角度来使用CSS，来创建富有艺术性并且可用、易用的站点。
在这本开创性的著作中，作者通过可视化的范例来展示标记和CSS的创造性，带领您掌握实现创意的设计方法。您将学会：
如何使用新的工作流来创建对所有团队成员——特别是，包括设计师在内——都非常好用的原型；
有效地使用网格；
设计标记的视觉效果；
如何把握优秀设计过程的每一个阶段——从使用最新的浏览器到在团队协作中高效地运用CSS3，等等。
本书系统、深入地阐释了网站的设计与实现，帮助读者从设计的角度来使用CSS以达到完美的效果。作者通过使用标记和CSS的形象的创造性示例，帮助读者掌握实现创意设计的方法。读者将学会如何使用新的设计流程，创建对包括设计师在内的所有团队成员都很好用的原型，有效地使用网格，设计标记的视觉效果，并了解优秀设计过程的每一个阶段——从使用最新的浏览器到在团队协作中高效地应用CSS3。.
本书适合Web设计师和开发人员研读，对那些客户要求高、工作节奏快的设计师有着尤其重要的指导作用。本书也适合有一定基础的Web设计爱好者阅读。

HTML5 and CSS3 are the future of web development, but you don't have to wait to start using them. Even though the specification is still in development, many modern browsers and mobile devices already support HTML5 and CSS3. This book gets you up to speed on the new HTML5 elements and CSS3 features you can use right now, and backwards compatible solutions ensure that you don't leave users of older browsers behind.
This book gets you started working with many useful new features of HTML5 and CSS3 right away. Gone are the days of adding additional markup just to style a button differently or stripe tables. You'll learn to use HTML5's new markup to create better structure for your content and better interfaces for your forms, resulting in cleaner, easier-to-read code that can be understood by both humans and programs.
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You'll find what you need quickly with this book's modular structure, and get hands-on with a tutorial project for each new HTML5 and CSS3 feature covered. "Falling Back" sections show you how to create solutions for older browsers, and "The Future" sections at the end of each chapter get you excited about the possibilities when HTML5 and CSS3 reach widespread adoption. Get ready for the future---in fact, it's here already.