Sadly this is the latest (3rd) edition. IMHO they ruined the beautiful typesetting typical of Springer math books with tons of super distracting boxes.
I guess the book is a victim of its own popularity, as other books such as Abbott still keep their old look.
My 2 favorite linear algebra books now have broken typesetting. Halmos is too antique, and would benefit greatly from modern LaTeX. Axler is now too flashy.
Don't know if I'm the only one with that pet peeve, but a textbook with ugly superfluous boxes is almost reason enough for me to drop it right away. Reminds me too much of all my terrible high school textbooks.
I guess the book is a victim of its own popularity, as other books such as Abbott still keep their old look.
My 2 favorite linear algebra books now have broken typesetting. Halmos is too antique, and would benefit greatly from modern LaTeX. Axler is now too flashy.