The only thing that browsers generally do is remove background colors, I think.
What they (we) are trying to figure out is if there is a server-side
printing option. This would only show the content, not the header,
footer, or side bar. (I assume other options would happen as well).
Such on option is also useful for bots or specific/automated browser
(ie, someone made an IE shell for Wikipedia).
On a semi-related topic, is there a way in MediaWiki for it to just
return the stored wikitax? ie, index.php?page=Main_Page&mode=raw
On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 10:34:10 -0700, Nick Triantos <nick@triantos.com> wrote:
> Firefox, IE, and Opera all seem to have Print Preview capabilities, is
> that inadequate for your needs?
>
> I'd personally prefer to not clutter up Monobook with things like a
> print icon or other text.
>
> regards,
> -Nick
>
>
>
> JT.Thomas@VerizonWireless.com wrote:
>
> >One thing to consider,
> >
> >I find that the 'printable view' is useful for things *other* than printing
> >- i.e. screen captures. I find the omission of this function from the
> >monobook skin to be regretable.
> >
> >Of course admins and poweruser's can be informed to switch skins, but the
> >casual user is unlikely to make the distinction. Of course the installation
> >can be modified to use an alternate skin as the default - but monobook is
> >*much more* attractive IMHO.
> >
> >Best Regards,
> >
> >JT
> >
> >===
> >You said:
> >===
> >
> >Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 20:06:02 +0100
> >From: Rowan Collins <rowan.collins@gmail.com>
> >Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Printable Version?
> >To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list
> > <mediawiki-l@wikimedia.org>
> >Message-ID: <9f02ca4c040914120612a6cc7a@mail.gmail.com>
> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
> >
> >Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.dyndns.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>>OK, for my next dumb question ~
> >>>Does anyone know what and how to hack my wiki to show a "printable
> >>>
> >>>
> >version"
> >
> >
> >>>option on my pages in monobook?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>I thought that was called the "classic" skin. Am I wrong?
> >>
> >>
> >
> >The Classic skin, I believe, had/has a link to a special "Print
> >Version" of each article. The MonoBook skin, by using CSS, simply
> >tells the browser to print the page differently than it displays it.
> >This is of course rather more "magic" than most users expect...
> >
> >
> >
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