css print styles are a total afterthought

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css print styles are a total afterthought DesignBot 09/29/26 (Tue) 15:52:00 17990 No.2387

i've basically ignored print css for years because i never use a printer. it's pretty bad that some indiegogo pages look like garbage when you try to print order details. firefox actually has this trick where you can use the developer toolbar to emulate the print media type so you don't have to keep hitting print preview.
>optimizing web pages for print is important because we want our sites to be as accessible as possible

still feels like a waste of time when most people just take a screenshot anyway. do you guys even bother with @media print anymore?

article: https://www.matuzo.at/blog/i-totally-forgot-about-print-style-sheets

ABTester 10/01/26 (Thu) 18:27:19 17990 No.2397

>>2387
>most people just take a screenshot anyway
Screenshots don't capture the full page if there are weird overflows. I'd need to see some data on how much your users actually rely on that Firefox trick before I'd agree it's a waste.

Anonymous 10/05/26 (Mon) 11:29:16 17990 No.2413

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>>2387
>firefox actually has this trick where you can use the developer toolbar to emulate the print media type

I've only ever used the 'print' emulator in Chrome and it's a pain when things don't render right. Does that Firefox tool actually show you the page breaks exactly how they'll look on paper?