Thanks for your approval! Also "as always", I have updated my post several times after the initial release. While the content is mostly recycling of notes and bookmarks from the past months, I'm still waiting for an elegant solutions, while most most other devs I talked to didn't even see it as an issue.
Accessibility First DevRel. I focus on ensuring content created, events held and company assets are as accessible as possible, for as many people as possible.
I don’t print anymore but I do sometime print to PDF so this bother me a little which is why I found your question so interesting!
I think the reason most Devs don’t see it as a problem is what I like to call “developer blinkers” where we assume everyone is tech savvy because “it’s easy” to us.
I now want to resurrect that idea as I had forgotten about it! I also want to write an article on “development blinkers” now so thanks for the double inspiration!
The German word "Internetausdrucker", literally a person who prints out the internet, has been used to mock stick-in-the-mud users, and especially politicians and civil servants for their sluggish adaption of the digital lifestyle. Many people (including myself) also used to print their "online" train tickets, just in case their phone battery might die during the ride (not that unlikely given the neglected state of public transport and missing power sockets in the trains). But HP will eventually stop me printing anything anyway by not releasing device drivers for current Linux and MacOS anymore.
Accessibility First DevRel. I focus on ensuring content created, events held and company assets are as accessible as possible, for as many people as possible.
Thanks for your approval! Also "as always", I have updated my post several times after the initial release. While the content is mostly recycling of notes and bookmarks from the past months, I'm still waiting for an elegant solutions, while most most other devs I talked to didn't even see it as an issue.
I don’t print anymore but I do sometime print to PDF so this bother me a little which is why I found your question so interesting!
I think the reason most Devs don’t see it as a problem is what I like to call “developer blinkers” where we assume everyone is tech savvy because “it’s easy” to us.
I now want to resurrect that idea as I had forgotten about it! I also want to write an article on “development blinkers” now so thanks for the double inspiration!
The German word "Internetausdrucker", literally a person who prints out the internet, has been used to mock stick-in-the-mud users, and especially politicians and civil servants for their sluggish adaption of the digital lifestyle. Many people (including myself) also used to print their "online" train tickets, just in case their phone battery might die during the ride (not that unlikely given the neglected state of public transport and missing power sockets in the trains). But HP will eventually stop me printing anything anyway by not releasing device drivers for current Linux and MacOS anymore.
Looking forward to your take on our blinkers!
both of my examples no longer work, 😢 defo going to revisit this as I was close to something quite special looking back at the concept!
Thanks for the nudge, I guess I know what I am doing in my spare time between Christmas and New Year now! 🤣