Title: Ruined a great reference
Product review: The java in a nutshell series was the most often used book in my arsenal off reference books. That was until now. Many of the most useful features of the previous three editions have been removed.First the "tabs" printed on the edge of the book which would help you quickly find a package are now gone... so now I have to flip through MANY pages just tho find tha package I want...From there I now have to find the class I am looking for, but the are not necessarily listed alphabetically anymore either. For example java.util.prefs.Preferences is on page 710, and java.util.Set on 677... ordered by package, leaving you with more to page through. Not exactly intuitive.And the package heirarchy diagrams are gone now as well.Its a reference book, but certinaly not a "quick" reference. I highly reccomend buying the third edition, but stay away from this one, at least untill they put the tabs back!
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