If authors don't want their content to be reformatted they should present it in either a locked down format (ex. PDF) or provide it in a way which is reasonably well formatted.
One of the biggest problems with mobile web browsing is that there are so many fixed format sites which have content for which it is not necessary. I would love if I could just take a badly formatted site, pass it through this on my iPhone and actually have something I can read without scrolling around all over the place.
I agree - at least in regard to material that should be immutable (e.g., approved minutes to a meeting).
But for blog posts... It's not a matter of locking it down ... it's a matter of getting the attribution included.
And for most blog authors... they are not responsible (or capable of taking charge of) the formatting of a page - since they use blogspot, blogger, or other 3rd party systems. So another way to ask the question would be: shouldn't those systems provide better services to their bloggers (or shouldn't bloggers be aware how awful their blogs print from those services) and offer more reader-friendly print css?
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If authors don't want their content to be reformatted they should present it in either a locked down format (ex. PDF) or provide it in a way which is reasonably well formatted.
One of the biggest problems with mobile web browsing is that there are so many fixed format sites which have content for which it is not necessary. I would love if I could just take a badly formatted site, pass it through this on my iPhone and actually have something I can read without scrolling around all over the place.
I agree - at least in regard to material that should be immutable (e.g., approved minutes to a meeting).
But for blog posts... It's not a matter of locking it down ... it's a matter of getting the attribution included.
And for most blog authors... they are not responsible (or capable of taking charge of) the formatting of a page - since they use blogspot, blogger, or other 3rd party systems. So another way to ask the question would be: shouldn't those systems provide better services to their bloggers (or shouldn't bloggers be aware how awful their blogs print from those services) and offer more reader-friendly print css?