On 6/2/06, Davison Avery <doobie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Is it a fair statement that we typically read more than we
> interact/type with our computers?
>
> One of the problems I find is that most people do not find it
> pleasurable to read documents and papers on the computer screen. We
> can't just blame this on the angle of the screen, or white
> backgrounds. I think that a simpler navigation system would make such
> an interface much more pleasurable and efficient to use.
I used to find it not pleasurable to read documents on my screen until
I got an LCD, now I find it quite nice. I also find tilting it by 90
degrees helps a lot (it's a widescreen).
Also, the wider the document is, the harder it is to read. The problem
is further made worse by many web pages where the text fills the
screen up to the sides which makes it much harder to read.
This is also why word processors have huge margins by default (and
ironically the first thing most people do is reduce the margin size
making their documents less readable).
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