tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post3467576461695933564..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: At these papers, story printouts now include adsJim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-57452557252931760722010-02-12T22:07:34.123-05:002010-02-12T22:07:34.123-05:00Oh, it's because I was using the Chrome browse...Oh, it's because I was using the Chrome browser. I see them in IE. Ick!Greg Finleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06005875920306936097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-53585442747424492132010-02-12T10:01:12.662-05:002010-02-12T10:01:12.662-05:00I'm still finding ads on the Courier-Journal s...I'm still finding ads on the Courier-Journal site. 5th Third Bank, USA Today and Moms Like Us, all on one story. May not be a problem, but it's damn sure an annoyance if you're trying to get a clean print copy of nothing but the headline and text.ex C-Jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-39147992104000721992010-02-12T06:25:57.588-05:002010-02-12T06:25:57.588-05:00Frankly, this is a solid idea. No problems here.Frankly, this is a solid idea. No problems here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-40608087723600189992010-02-12T01:14:42.571-05:002010-02-12T01:14:42.571-05:00I've just accessed printer-friendly versions o...I've just accessed printer-friendly versions of articles on all four of the sites that you cite above, and all four do not have advertisements. They, do, however, have a color graphic at the top of the article with the newspaper's name. Was this what you were referring to? I don't see how that would generate any revenue, per se. Or were there ads when you wrote this that have since Greg Finleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06005875920306936097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-24657385865482192552010-02-11T16:37:20.895-05:002010-02-11T16:37:20.895-05:00As long as it doesn't automatically call up th...As long as it doesn't automatically call up the printer dialog box, I am less opposed to it as I would otherwise be. On the other hand, the main reasons for clicking "Printer View" are to kill the pagination and to let the text run all the way across the page as opposed to being constrained in the column. The two-column pages the new print view creates defeat the second purpose.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-67956746778258141112010-02-11T16:23:59.844-05:002010-02-11T16:23:59.844-05:00Should've been that way right from the beginni...Should've been that way right from the beginning. And I'm saying that as an online editor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-59914940659986743642010-02-11T15:37:47.209-05:002010-02-11T15:37:47.209-05:00I didn't say it was.I didn't say it was.Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-75902918077834459862010-02-11T15:22:47.006-05:002010-02-11T15:22:47.006-05:00Why is this a problem?Why is this a problem?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com