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Re: print style sheets (Re: Welcome to the WebAIM Discus sion List)

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From: Austin, Darrel
Date: Feb 4, 2005 8:03AM

> I can't tell you whether this is common or not, but I can tell you
> that I do
> it as well, and I have no vision problems.
> However this is probably a big pointer AGAINST using print versions -
> as a
> site owner/manager the advertising is important. Allowing the user to
> 'switch
> off' advertising is going to hurt your income - print stylesheets
> don't.

This could easily be remedied on the server. Just don't allow the print page
to load if the referer is from outside your domain.

That said, I never find annoying the end-user good business, either ;o)

-Darrel