>I remember reading through Rick's Web Applications book over a period of several weeks, usually during my lunch break while sitting in the food court of the mall where I worked or in a comfortable chair at the coffee shop, and even while riding the bus back and forth. The new concepts required a lot of thinking and I appreciated being able to relax while studying, underlining and highlighting the exciting new stuff. I can't imagine learning those concepts well while glued to a computer monitor.

Makes perfect sense to me. When FoxPro 1 was released, I was teaching part-time at LaSalle University. I had to hold office hours regularly, but rarely saw any students then. I used to bring the FoxPro manuals and work my way through them during my office hours. By reading about the commands when I didn't need them, I had some familiarity with them when I was ready for them.

Tamar