[Sigia-l] RE: Printer-friendly button

[Brian Ghidinelli]

Linda Kolar <lkolar at thinkinc.com> wrote:
> navigation, masthead, etc.), there may be times when someone actually
> intends to print the page as they see it on the screen. If you only
> allow
> one option (e.g. apply the new style sheet automatically whenever they
> use
> the browser's built-in print function), you may still alienate some
> users.

What about incorporating a dialog into the Javascript routine that 
changes the style sheet to give the user the choice?  Something along 
the lines of:

"To conserve paper and improve your printed copy, we temporarily hide 
the [insert removed items here] for printing.  If you would like to keep 
these items in your printed copy, click cancel, otherwise click OK."

Then switch or don't switch the CSS and trigger the print function. 
It's probably worthwhile to make note of that choice via a cookie or 
other mechanism for that user to prevent asking them multiple times.

Cheers,


Brian

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