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

[Hankinson, Jody]

I apologize for not remembering the source. I know I've read a study or
article that said the print-friendly version is often used for reading,
especially by older users. There are no ads, it's often a cleaner layout and
bumping up font doesn't destroy the layout. Just something to keep in mind.

- Jody

Jody Hankinson | Information Architect
212.852.5051 | jhankinson at girlscouts.org
GSUSA | Where Girls Grow Strong | 420 Fifth Avenue, NY, NY 10018

-----Original Message-----
From: manuel razzari [mailto:funkascript at ultimorender.com.ar] 
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 12:47 PM
To: Sigia-l at asis.org
Subject: Re: [Sigia-l] Transparent CSS-styled print versions or "Print
version" button?

> > My questions are: Is the surprise good for enough users to wipe  away 
> > that there is a surprise at all.
> 
> I've been wrestling with the same issue. My take, to eliminate 
> surprise, is to keep the 'print version' button, but have it switch 
> the style sheets from the web version to the screen version.

Hello Austin and everyone.

I've thought of the same approach, if I understand you correctly.

Please take a look at 
http://multimedia.maimonides.edu/art/?articulos/tecnologia/redes.htm

Click the "IMPRIMIR" button, the first one below the breadcrumbs.

Style switches for a second to CSS print view, while the Print dialog
appears. 
Then goes back to screen css. 

GOOD:
- The user gets a preview without asking
- No extra steps in the proccess

BAD:
- Not that it will cause epileptic seizure, but somewhat shocking anyway. As
Austin said, my mother might be puzzled by such a huge screen redraw.

Any ideas on how to improve this?

Perhaps a thumbnail-tooltip (say 100px tall) of the print stylesheet at
work,
when the user mouseovers the "Printer-friendly" button?



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Manuel Razzari
http://ultimorender.com.ar/funkascript/

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