[Whatwg] Request for HTML-only print link
Kornel Lesinski
kornel at osiolki.net
Sat Jul 28 12:12:52 PDT 2007
On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 19:02:46 +0100, Sander <html5 at zoid.nl> wrote:
>> I don't see how that is good usability. Quite the contrary, because this
>> approach means things work different on each website. That's confusing;
>> incosistency makes things harder to use. A print method that works the
>> same across web sites is much more usable.
>>
> I don't think it's confusing as the browser's own print button is still
> there.
If page provides it's own print button, user won't be sure if there was a
real technical reason for doing this (and browser's print button won't
work properly) or if just author felt it's nice having more buttons on his
page.
"A man with a watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never
sure."
--
regards, Kornel Lesiński
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