Last modified: 2014-10-24 12:02:13 UTC
A little padding on the sides would help readability, and should be easy enough to deal with without interfering substantially with printing. But this raises the issue that "print mode" might also be an alternate view mode. For some reason "print mode" preserves links to other articles, which suggests its usage as a view mode is not far-fetched, even if its for some reason not desirable. A couple of minor improvements/ideas in that direction: * Print mode links: Links in print mode could also be print-moded, allowing one-click browsing instead of having to select print mode from each next article: [[foo]] would link to http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Foo&printable=yes instead of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foo. * Maybe a Special:Print:Foo interface would help inasfar as coding print-links go. * Keyboard shortcut integration: shorcuts like alt+shift+e and alt+shift+d would open up edit mode or the talk page, respectively. * Branding: Ostensibly an alternate mode of viewing would require us to put a smallish WP/WM logo on it. -Steven
Still valid (no padding in print view on 1.25) but isn't that something that browsers and their printing code handle nowadays? With regard to an "alternate view mode" I'd rather stick to the mobile view, e.g. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Foobar instead of https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Foobar&printable=yes
