Patrick H. Lauke wrote: > Very true, and I for one am (paradoxically, perhaps) always the first > to complain when some quarters suggest things like "let's put a print > button or a text resize widget right on the page, because users may be > too uneducated to know how to do it themselves". However, as I said,
In most browsers, there is no way to know how the page would print. So I believe a "printer friendly page" button/link is great info for the user. Usually, I create such link to open the document in a new window so it acts more like a "print-preview" link from which the user can use the regular browser print button. Re: text-resizing I think it is the same idea. As long as all browsers do not give "easy access" to text-resizing options, I believe we should offer these "text-resize widget" on every page. Do not forget that users may access the Internet with browsers they are not familiar with. So the user who is "borrowing" a computer that does not have a "familiar browser" installed would have to "waste" time finding out how to change the user's settings in a browser he/she has never seen before. And who wants to mess with someone else's settings/preferences? ;-) The way I see this is that the user should not have to guess about printing or think about how to make the document more legible. Thierry | http://www.TJKDesign.com ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
