On 5/10/06, Doug Chestnut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Lars, You could just add a css stylesheet with a media type of print: http://www.alistapart.com/stories/goingtoprint/
I like alternate stylesheets for different media. They are extremely useful for screen readers for the blind, but using the suggested technique violates WYSIWYG. The (sighted) visitor sees the page formatted for the screen. They print it, and it magically changes to the printable version. The problem is they were expecting to print the page they were seeing. They could be upset that it did not print what they saw, because they wanted to show what the website looked like. And they may still use the workaround of copying the body and pasting it into a different program to print, because that is what most websites require. A warning like "This page may be formatted differently when printing" may help if the visitor notices it, but you want it obvious without distracting from the content: difficult to find the happy medium. The common practice is to provide a link in the top right right corner for "Printable Version". Visitors have been trained to look for that link if they want a clean version, whether for printing or just to read a multiple-paged article as a single page without annoying advertisements. And it does not violate WYSIWYG when they print it. I like your suggestion, but until it becomes common practice, it may cause more confusion more than it helps. solprovider --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
