[whatwg] [html5] window.print() undefined

[Dean Edwards]

Ian Hickson wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Jul 2005, Dean Edwards wrote:
> 
>>Ian Hickson wrote:
>>
>>>On Mon, 18 Jul 2005, Dean Edwards wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>OK. Forget CSS for a moment (although this is still a consideration 
>>>>for me). What if I want to suspend a timer while the page is being 
>>>>printed?
>>>
>>>
>>>Printing is (supposedly) instantaneous. Why would you suspend a timer? 
>>>(And why would the UA not suspend the timers itself?)
>>
>>Print Preview.
> 
> 
> If you do something during print preview, you're making big assumptions 
> about the UI model. (e.g. that it is synchronous).
> 

Fair enough. But in all the browsers I've tried when "Print Preview" is 
selected the normal browser window disappears and is replaced with a new 
window to show the preview. This is not instantaneous. The WHATWG takes 
notice of real-world browsers does it not?

-dean