Re: Printing the Mobile Web for Social Development Roadmap

Thanks.  I still think it's worth "fixing" the HTML, but this is very 
helpful.

Noah

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Noah Mendelsohn 
IBM Corporation
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Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
12/11/2009 06:39 PM
 
        To:     noah_mendelsohn@us.ibm.com
        cc:     public-mw4d@w3.org
        Subject:        Re: Printing the Mobile Web for Social Development 
Roadmap



On 11 Dec 2009, at 4:43 PM, noah_mendelsohn@us.ibm.com wrote:

> Congratulations on producing a very valuable document, the "Mobile 
> Web for
> Social Development Roadmap" [1]  I hope you will consider this 
> comment on
> it:
>
> In general, I think it's desirable for W3C documents to be readable in
> print as well as interactively.  I think that's particularly true of a
> document like this, which is specifically discussing the needs of 
> users
> who may not today have access to desktop-grade systems, if they have
> access at all.  Also, even in highly developed areas, this document 
> may of
> interest to more non-technical readers than is typical of W3C notes.
>
> The tables and images in this document seem not to have been coded and
> styled for legible printing.  Print preview in Firefox shows many of 
> them
> clipping on the right, or otherwise mangled.  The tables appear to be
> particularly valuable parts of this work, and it's unfortunate that 
> they
> don't print properly.  Having worked as an editor on W3C 
> Recommendations,
> I know that this is a nuissance, that addressing it well requires 
> testing
> in multiple browsers and with different default font-sizes.  Indeed, 
> I'm
> not sure whether there are solutions that work well for every user 
> agent
> and default font size, but in my experience one can find approaches 
> that
> work well almost all the time.  I think this should be addressed 
> Thank
> you very much.

Hi Noah,

The editors have made available PDF versions, linked from the head of 
the draft:
  http://www.w3.org/2008/MW4D/docs/mw4d-nonnorm.html

  _ Ian


>
> Noah
>
> [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/NOTE-mw4d-roadmap-20091208/
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> Noah Mendelsohn
> IBM Corporation
> One Rogers Street
> Cambridge, MA 02142
> 1-617-693-4036
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>
>
>

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