I use it on every single site that gives me information of value that I wish to save, or read on the subway, or in the bathtub. I do a lot of research online, so that means I use it a lot. I hate killing the trees, but I am ALWAYS printing.
And it makes me absolutely SCREAM when I encounter pages that are impossible to print effectively. That may not be the data that you are looking for, but I've never heard of anyone calling a site's Print versions useless before. The very idea makes me break out in hives. Chris On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 1:44 PM, Bob Sampson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Does anyone have a link to any good R&D on the usage of a "Print Friendly" > link on a website. If it's used at all, if 1% of people click on it, etc. > > There's a discussion on the guidelines of it's usage... > http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=28529 > ...but no discussion on IF it's actually used. > > I just notice that I see it in a lot of mockups we get from ad > companies(the kids of design companies that don't do many websites), and I > just don't put a "print" link into any of my mockups, since I figure it's a > pretty much useless function. > > Wouldn't an "Open in Word" be more useful? Stripping the template out, and > having a nice word doc with the content in it. > _________________________________________________________________ > Try Chicktionary, a game that tests how many words you can form from the > letters given. Find this and more puzzles at Live Search Games! > http://g.msn.ca/ca55/207 > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
