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Originally Posted by doctorow
Seriously, how could a 160x160 screen be better than a 640x480 screen?
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I don’t know but how about two possible reasons:
1)How about that the simplicity and blockyness of low res makes it easier to concentrate on the text rather than having to process all that extra visual information that must come with font smoothing and kerning and softness. Reading isn’t like watching a movie - visual quality is irrelevant to the text (Take a look at the quality of a paperback books paper compared to printer paper.).
2) Perhaps there is some feature of new screen technology that means that though it ostensibly looks better it makes reading a more tiring and less natural experience.
If we think of the interface between text and mind (Be that a paper book, an audio book or an ebook) one of the key roles of that interface is to get the text into the mind in the most efficient, reliable and lasting way. And this is not necessarily the most pretty way.