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

[manuel razzari]

> > 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/