[Sigia-l] Transparent CSS-styled print versions or "Print version" button?

[Beau Lebens]

Hi Piet,
I know what you mean about supplying a button or not, personally I have
decided that it might be an option to supply a link called "Print-friendly
version" which just triggers the javascript self.print() function.

alternatively, you could also just supply a comment that says "This page is
print friendly" or something similar, to alert people that they don't need a
different version. I would put this comment in the same place that you would
normally put the print version link.

HTH

Beau

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// From: sigia-l-admin at asis.org [mailto:sigia-l-admin at asis.org]On Behalf Of
// Piet Kopka
// Sent: Thursday, 16 October 2003 5:28 PM
// To: Sigia-l at asis.org
// Subject: [Sigia-l] Transparent CSS-styled print versions or "Print
// version" button?
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//
// We are thinking about removing the "Print version" buttons from the
// websites we redesign in the future.
// Mostly this print versions are generated on the server and are sent to
// the clients after clicking on a button called "Print version".
//
// Another method would be to make a special print style sheet which the
// browser calls when the user is using the browsers build in print
// function. (This is done by inserting an alternative style sheet. You can
// read more about that on http://www.alistapart.com/stories/goingtoprint/
// where you also can try this method.)
//
// In short: This would reduce complexity with compareable comfort and less
// http-requests. (Only the alterative style sheet must be loaded through
// the network.)
//
// Drawback could be, that this function is used very rare on todays
// websites and the users might be surprised by what comes out of their
// printers.
//
// My questions are: Is the surprise good for enough users to wipe  away
// that there is a surprise at all. A suprise is normaly a bad thing,
// because it reveals, that something don´t work as expected. Do users like
// the "Print version" buttons and use them so much that it would bother
// them if this button isn´t there?
//
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// Piet Kopka
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