Thierry Koblentz wrote:
In most browsers, there is no way to know how the page would print.
...
There is a way: 'testing', but I agree on that browsers don't do their
print-job the same way. Think Gecko is worst on print-jobs at the
moment. We also have no idea about print-setups around, since printers
and software are an endless set of variables.
- Don't know about the "new window - preview" though. Not my "thing".
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.
...
We may make it unnecessary for browsers to provide "easy access" at all,
but I guess it is acceptable (kind of) as long as it is only an option.
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.
"Don't make me think" comes to mind...
Ok, I see this along the same lines as to 'not rely on
language-negotiation' for multilingual sites (Norwegian looking for
Spanish text, using a browser in Moscow).
- Providing available alternatives in clear view, may ease access for many.
- How best to do that, may be the next question.
I still think the 'less than a few hundred alternative ways' in
browsers, are better than the 'at least a few million alternative ways'
on sites. If browser-makers can't agree on how to do it, then I'm not
sure we can either. I may be wrong though.
Also, some of the ways these options can/must be implemented, are far
from reliable across browser-land with all the optional browser-settings
available. Someone may recognize a "borrowed" browser, but its owner's
preferred settings may make it into a completely different animal which
may even render all our nice options totally useless.
How far off from the original thread are we now?
Life on the web sure can be fun at times... :-)
regards
Georg
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