I wouldn't, JavaScript has changed quite a bit since 1999, best to go with something more up-to-date. Personally, I like Danny Goodman's JavaScript Bible and his O'Reilly book: Dynamic HTML, the definitive reference which is a very thourough
JS, CSS and HTML reference.
Regards,
Rich
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