[LINK] RFI: Unprintability of Web-Page

[Roger Clarke]

At 5:49 PM +1000 26/10/06, Linda Rouse wrote:
>Roger
>i printed it fine on MacOS 10.4.7 with Firefox 1.5.0.7
>I assume you used the 'printer friendly' button?

Nope, why would I?

Okay, if I (a) see the tiny icon, and (b) appreciate what it means, 
and (c) click on it, it prints okay, but without the banners, which I 
actively wanted.  (If I wanted the contents of the frame without the 
frame, I'd have done an Open-in-New-Tab from the home-page.  Ah, but 
that produces a framed page.  Why oh why do people pay people to use 
technologies in ways other than what they were designed to do?!).

(I'm not being cute, by the way.  I didn't see it, and I wouldn't 
have appreciated its significance if I had;  and I've been around for 
a while, so what's the average punter going to do?).

Thanks, but my question stands:  why is the page 'printer hostile'?


>>None of Safari, Mozilla or Camino can print the content of this page:
>>http://www.staysmartonline.gov.au/securing_your_computer
>>
>>All are fairly up-to-date versions, under moderately up-to-date 
>>MacOSX 10.2.4.
>>
>>Cursor placement makes no difference.  It just prints the top-line, 
>>then "Back to top    Technology and the Arts on behalf of the 
>>Australian Government.", then spaces.
>>
>>Can anyone quickly see what the problem is?  (As an inveterate 
>>sceptic, I immediately suspect MS-specific code in the HTML, but 
>>nothing hit me wwhen I quickly scanned it).
>>
>>This matters, because it's a page within the current AusCERT/Clth 
>>Govt National E-Security Awareness week.  (No, I don't think it's a 
>>security feature ...).
>>
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