http://microexperience.com/2007/10/30/wheres-the-printer-friendly-view-when-you-need-it/ A look at how small things make a big difference in the user experience Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:29:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU http://microexperience.com/2007/10/30/wheres-the-printer-friendly-view-when-you-need-it/#comment-85 microexperience Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:11:30 +0000 http://microexperience.com/2007/10/30/wheres-the-printer-friendly-view-when-you-need-it/#comment-85 Thanks -- I only wish more people would start using the CSS method. Even the online publishing giants like nytimes.com are still asking people to click a special link to view the printer-friendly version. By the way, your tips for printer-friendly pages are spot-on -- I especially like the one about avoiding inverse type colors. Personally, I hate it when I try to print something and I end up with an 8" black square that has consumed half my toner cartridge. Using repeating background images is another common way to mess this up, and slows down printing a lot too. Of course, with the CSS method that you and I recommend, the webmaster can prevent all of these issues. Thanks — I only wish more people would start using the CSS method. Even the online publishing giants like nytimes.com are still asking people to click a special link to view the printer-friendly version. By the way, your tips for printer-friendly pages are spot-on — I especially like the one about avoiding inverse type colors. Personally, I hate it when I try to print something and I end up with an 8″ black square that has consumed half my toner cartridge. Using repeating background images is another common way to mess this up, and slows down printing a lot too. Of course, with the CSS method that you and I recommend, the webmaster can prevent all of these issues.

]]> http://microexperience.com/2007/10/30/wheres-the-printer-friendly-view-when-you-need-it/#comment-81 CleverSage Mon, 04 Feb 2008 05:25:20 +0000 http://microexperience.com/2007/10/30/wheres-the-printer-friendly-view-when-you-need-it/#comment-81 Totally agree with the implementation of printer-friendly pages system-wide. Letting the visitors to your site decide which pages to print should be of utmost importance when integrating this feature. Standardization of printer-friendly pages and placement would be a great move in the right direction. Totally agree with the implementation of printer-friendly pages system-wide. Letting the visitors to your site decide which pages to print should be of utmost importance when integrating this feature. Standardization of printer-friendly pages and placement would be a great move in the right direction.

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