On 10/8/06, Rob Burns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Oct 7, 2006, at 8:01 PM, Mike Emmel wrote: > On 10/7/06, Rob Burns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > I disagree this has nothing to do with webkit: Is the webkit team >> > aware that when printing half of all the web pages out there the >> > output looks like doodoo? >> > >> > Whatever the CSS, having the pages print out in a totally ugly way >> > is just plain silly. Surely using the "screen" stylesheet for >> > printing is better than no stylesheet at all? >> > >> > I propose that WebKit use the "screen" stylesheet for printing if >> > there is no "print" stylesheet present in the source document. >> >> I think half of all web pages out there is probably an exaggeration. >> I think most authors use "all" for the media type unless they are >> specifically targeting the screen. The Surfin' Safari blog had >> discussed a common mistake of using device dependent units when using >> the "all" media type, but I guess WebKit already adjusts for that. I >> could imagine a site targeting the screen with a design really only >> meant for the screen. Printing using that CSS would be worst than >> falling back on the default stylesheet. >> >> take care, >> Rob > > Since the case of a screen only css style sheet can be detected does > it not make sense to make using it an option of the print dialogue. In > fact a more general ability to pick a alternative style sheet when > printing might have other uses. > Or this could be a user option in the browser turned on by default. > Or it could cause a warning or alert and let the use choose. > > The chance of no style sheet vs screen only being correct in the real > world is probably close to zero. As I said before, I think this is a discussion not too related to WebKit, but more to the application developers who may use WebKit or any other engine to create a user-agent. My understanding is that WebKit already has the needed methods to handle this at the application level. However, let me just add that CSS is designed to give authors rich capabillities in terms of presentation and when an author selects "screen" instead of "all" as the media they're targeting for their stylesheet, that says something. And it's something that user-agents and users themselves should take seriously. Could it be a little mistake with large consequences? Yes. But it couls also be the authors intent. And building user-agents that gloss over those mistakes just make the mistakes more prevalent. So if many authors use a WebKit based application to test their designs and that application makes "screen" seem like "all" then such mustakes will proliferate. That's a concern that application developers should keep in mind. take care, Rob _______________________________________________ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@opendarwin.org http://www.opendarwin.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev
Leaving it unset does not tell us if the author made a mistake that should be handled gracefully or if it was the authors intent. I think if you want no style sheet the css author needs to set print to empty <STYLE type="text/css" media="print"> </STYLE> Assuming no value was intentional is not correct IMHO. Since the author can easily make his intention clear if its important. Humans make mistakes software that can recover gracefully should. Allowing the end user to change the default decision if its not correct is also important. Notifying them that a potential error condition is occurring makes sense. Not considering using the screen css in this case is not correct since you can't differentiate between a human mistake and intention. And I do agree not not directly related too the webkit code. But a bit of documentation on style sheets and media types would be useful for people embedding webkit. They can decide how to treat this case but it does not hurt to point it out. _______________________________________________ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@opendarwin.org http://www.opendarwin.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev
