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Originally Posted by Poppaea
Maggie, I do not think that the preference of e-ink has something to do with physical limtitations. TFTscreens are build up constantly, faster than the human eye can discern, nonetheless it causes eyestrain.
I will give you an example of what I mean. I work as a salesperson. When working in a big department store I am more tired at the end of the day than when working in a small shop even if there is more customer traffic sometimes as in the big store. First I thought thats nonsense, but then I realized it is due to the constant noise in the big department store. All the voices, the music, the soft buzzing of escalators, mobiles ringing... you get the picture. And this is what everyother salesperson I asked said too.
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I take others at their word about their eyesight, because I can't see through their eyes. (Also because I'm not an eye professional and am not qualified to diagnose anything, lol.)
There's been limited research into eyestrain and LCDs (and none that I know of with eyestrain and tablets), so I don't assume. I have read about eye professionals with good credentials debating a link between eyestrain and tablets. No "facts" have been established.
Meanwhile, I judge by my own experience after seven months of reading for hours daily on iPad, following about 20 years of editing on computers. No eyestrain.
It comes down to each reader figuring out what works best for the individual. I don't claim to know other people's eyesight. If others say they need e-ink because they have eye problems, that's a physical limitation.