I don't know about you but I can't read text more than a few pages on a screen and absorb it properly. I guess computers are very distracting because one can do so many other things in it. So even if I am slightly bored, I can just do something else. Also the glare of the screen is evil. There is just something extremely comfortable about a piece of paper that a screen can never match.
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Anonymous2005-08-29 18:50
I remember this 2099 comic that had an e-book on a display tablet and was like "woah that's the future of book reading right there" but somebody must have fucked up.
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Anonymous2005-09-02 5:18
I used to find the same problems with reading things. I've found that turning the font size all the way up helps a lot.
Also I found that reading stuff on my laptop was much nicer, probably due to the lcd screen. I could also rotate the display, and hold the laptop like a book, and had easy access to my pgup/dn keys (which are at the top when holding it sideways).
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Anonymous2005-09-02 13:27
I'd love a "book simulator" program that just loads a "paper" background image and has a simulated"page turning" effect or something.
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Anonymous2005-09-03 0:00
Turning pages is one of the most annoying things about books for me.
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Anonymous2005-09-04 20:50
there was a study done that proved reading off of paper is better than from a screen
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Anonymous2005-09-07 9:31
I think that it heavily depends on how the information is presented on the screen.
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Anonymous2005-09-07 13:32
>>6
there was a study done that proved people reads much more words off the screen than off the book.
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Anonymous2005-09-07 13:39
There was a study? For that? Can't we study more important things? Hell, who are these people? I want to talk to them.
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Anonymous2005-09-11 11:11
I prefer reading books on a screen if the screen is good enough.
Books are good for travel, except when they're huge hardcover tomes.
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Anonymous2005-10-16 22:54
"E-books suck"
you suck
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Anonymous2005-10-17 12:05
seconded
pda ftw
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Anonymous2005-10-18 8:32 (sage)
I like e-books, I read them all the time.
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Anonymous2005-11-25 0:55
I tend to find myself enjoy reading stuff on the computer more except that sometimes I like to be able to lie down confortably too. My friends can't seem to stand reading on the computer though.
Also I'll take this opportunity about to ask a question on a related topic.
Would anyone know any ways to reduce reading fatigue/overload quicker, or eliminate it for the most part? Most of the time after about an hour of reading through material I need a break and can't read anymore. Usually I play games for an hour and I'm fine if I enjoy the game, but I lack games that can do even that these days. Anyone got any tips for dealing with it?
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Anonymous2005-11-25 6:15
i have a tft screen which is very mild on my eyes and reading e-books is no problem like that
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Anonymous2005-11-27 16:54
I read e-books on my PDA while the teacher is talking about the usual crap, and it's a great way to spend some time when I'm bored (which means always)
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Anonymous2005-11-27 21:22
Printers = solution to all those problems.
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Anonymous2005-11-28 16:52
is there any screen that doesn't glow but relies on external light to be seen?
reading that much on a computer screen hurts my eyes, I cant handle ebooks.
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Anonymous2006-01-08 0:07 (sage)
60 words/line is what a study proved to be good for reading.
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Anonymous2006-01-27 15:56
>>20
I convert them to LaTeX, compile them to PostScript and view them with a PS viewer (such as GSView; I compile to PDF if there is some problem) at fullscreen with pages stretched to fit the width of the screen.