[_] A list Apart: print to preview article
Pete Fairhurst
pete at markedup.co.uk
Wed Oct 25 10:46:00 BST 2006
On 25/10/06, Iwein Dekoninck <iwein at 3sixty.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Your opinion?
The reasoning:
"As Cameron Adams<http://www.themaninblue.com/writing/perspective/2004/07/09/>noted
back in 2004, visitors aren't familiar with print
CSS and don't see a print preview; they expect that when they print a web
page, the design on screen will match the printed page—or at least be very
similar. Readers of A List Apart know that the changes from screen
stylesheets to print stylesheets can be dramatic. This is often by design,
as we want to improve people's paper-based experience by removing
"unnecessary" elements such as navigation and advertising. However, these
dramatic changes can make people uncertain how the printed page they have in
their hands relates to the website they just visited."
In my opinion, that's a very woolly excuse for ALA to break out yet another
arguably-pointless JavaScript solution for something that doesn't need
fixing in the first place. Not if you're able to carry your branding in a
minimal and logical way into your 'print' stylesheet at least.
Weak IMHO, but it might be useful for those not able to work on a
pre-existing 'print' stylesheet for a site.
- Pete F.
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"My favourite definition of luck is 'preparedness meets
opportunity'." -Peter Hirschmann, VP of Development [LucasArts]
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>
> Your opinion?
The reasoning:
"As Cameron Adams<http://www.themaninblue.com/writing/perspective/2004/07/09/>noted
back in 2004, visitors aren't familiar with print
CSS and don't see a print preview; they expect that when they print a web
page, the design on screen will match the printed page—or at least be very
similar. Readers of A List Apart know that the changes from screen
stylesheets to print stylesheets can be dramatic. This is often by design,
as we want to improve people's paper-based experience by removing
"unnecessary" elements such as navigation and advertising. However, these
dramatic changes can make people uncertain how the printed page they have in
their hands relates to the website they just visited."
In my opinion, that's a very woolly excuse for ALA to break out yet another
arguably-pointless JavaScript solution for something that doesn't need
fixing in the first place. Not if you're able to carry your branding in a
minimal and logical way into your 'print' stylesheet at least.
Weak IMHO, but it might be useful for those not able to work on a
pre-existing 'print' stylesheet for a site.
- Pete F.
_______________________________________________________________
"My favourite definition of luck is 'preparedness meets
opportunity'." -Peter Hirschmann, VP of Development [LucasArts]
_______________________________________________________________