Re: Re: [drupal-devel] printer friendly versions for nodes

Gerhard Killesreiter wrote:
> How do the usability experts rate this approach? I had such a module
> for Drupal 3.0 but I was told that it would be better to include a
> printer friendly css stylesheet. What do users expect?

I'm not an expert in this, but I do have some ideas about this.

In an ideal world Microsoft would make good software, that understands 
the latest standards. Included CSS stadards.
But wer'e not in an ideal world, and therefor using CSS-chages for a 
printable layout is really a Hell of a Job.

A big problem arises when you wnat to show users the way their print 
will look. I fear far too less users will preview their print by using 
print-preview. Most of them will just look at what they see and then 
decide to print that. If they see lots of banners/headers etc., they 
might not press the printbutton on top of their screen.

A small module is by-far the easiest option. It might -from technical 
point of view- not be the best solution, it is the simplest, one that at 
least always works. And untill Mocrosoft decides to integrate better css 
support it might be the only one.

Ber


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