RE: Feature request: Confirmation for printing function

Well, technically printing is a destructive action.  You use both paper and
ink that can't be recovered.  Though I think we are all used to the
destructive use of electrons most actions involve so I don't think we have
to worry about that. :)


~Israel~

-----Original Message-----
From: Karl-Michael Schneider [mailto:schneide@phil.uni-passau.de] 
Sent: 12 March 2002 4:07 AM
To: www-amaya@w3.org
Subject: Re: Feature request: Confirmation for printing function

On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 11:48:31AM +0100, "Beerse, Corné" wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Is it possible to add a confirmation window to the print icon 
> > and the print
> > shortcut in order to prevent accidental printing? The print 
> > icon is directly
> > beneath the save icon and the two icons are easily confused.
> 
> I vote against this request. I hate those 'are you sure', 'are you realy
> sure', 'are you realy realy sure' windows for non destructive actions.
> 
> To prevent accidental printing in the current release is easy: define a
'to
> file' printer on your local system and use it as the default printer.

I don't want to define a 'to file' printer as the default printer for all
applications just because of Amaya. BTW, my system is Linux.

> For future amaya versions, the icon bar can be made customizable just like
> M@Office applications. Then remove the 'print to the default printer'
button
> and replace it with the 'File->Print' action which invokes the printer
> selection menu.

I second this.

> BTW: The amaya on my system (5.3, 18 dec 2001) asks what to print, isn't
the
> cancel on this window enough to prevent accidental printing?

My Amaya (5.3, Linux) does not ask me what to print, it prints the current
document.

Karl-Michael

Received on Tuesday, 12 March 2002 13:02:26 UTC