Posted by Steve on 09/26/07 13:13

"Sanders Kaufman" <bucky@kaufman.net> wrote in message
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> "Steve" <no.one@example.com> wrote in message
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>> "Sanders Kaufman" <bucky@kaufman.net> wrote in message
>
>>> ... or something like it.
>>
>> please tell me you're joking, right? i'm taking about using css to set
>> margins and page orientation...not the user. but, i know the above is a
>> joke.
>
> Semi-joking.
> I think that trying to make web pages for printers is like trying to make
> radio broadcasts for television.
> Whenever someone is doing that, it's a clear sign that they don't GET the
> internet.
>
> It's totally cool to allow users to download an ALTERNATE print version of
> something.
> But if you're using PDF as a web page - you're not really making a web
> page.

sanders, i don't want to get into it...so i'll keep my usual tone out of it
this time. ;^)

i'm not using pdf as a web page. expecting to have css standards implemented
in a uniform manner by all browsers (a dream, i know) doesn't mean a person
doesn't "get" the internet...any more than someone puzzled at why a desktop
application may or may not work on pc v. another.

further, it is common to generate a report for the web. it is also common
for users to want to print that report. there are instructions in css that
*should* allow for control over printing configuration for that report as
well. since you said you *never* have a problem with that, i very
skeptically asked if you'd post the css you use. perhaps i wasn't doing
something right. i now see my skepticism was founded as your solution is
javascript alerts - which doesn't even come close to my op question!
moreover, you put an exlamation point on my doubts about what you're saying
because of the analogy concluding that 'getting' the internet == dropping
expectations of print configuration.

do you see why people (esp. me) go off on you? you are self-contradictory
and your solutions are so simple (something to strive for) that they don't
even address the problem (which shouldn't be a goal).

anyway, that's as nice as i can put it. i'll leave it at, i'm not happy with
your apparent lack of understanding of the op, nor i'm i pleased that said
misunderstanding promoted your insult(s).

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