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Fat Abe · 05-20-2013, 11:24 PM

The comments to the article were more interesting than the article. Most responders were merely parroting their own opinions, not scientific fact. In my field, presentations are rarely ever printed, unless they appear in a journal. Most of the day-to-day results are shown in slides or word/pdf documents. I only print when I need to fly on a plane (and can't set up a large computer screen or screens).

I don't get lost with multipage electronic documents. If there is a need to view two pages simultaneously, I merely open up two viewers. The idea of someone flipping back and forth between two pages in a printed report or book is ludicrous. One of many things I can do with an electronic copy is to cut and past equations or definitions. Try doing this with a paper copy! On the computer you can also plop an algorithm into Matlab or Mathematica. This is the way real researchers work. I am sure that even non-scientists have developed effective manipulation tools using the features that modern readers and computers provide to the end user.

05-20-2013, 11:24 PM	#2
Fat Abe Man Who Stares at Books Posts: 1,826 Karma: 10606722 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: 50th State, USA. Also, PA, NY, CA, and elsewhere. Device: All of the Above	The comments to the article were more interesting than the article. Most responders were merely parroting their own opinions, not scientific fact. In my field, presentations are rarely ever printed, unless they appear in a journal. Most of the day-to-day results are shown in slides or word/pdf documents. I only print when I need to fly on a plane (and can't set up a large computer screen or screens). I don't get lost with multipage electronic documents. If there is a need to view two pages simultaneously, I merely open up two viewers. The idea of someone flipping back and forth between two pages in a printed report or book is ludicrous. One of many things I can do with an electronic copy is to cut and past equations or definitions. Try doing this with a paper copy! On the computer you can also plop an algorithm into Matlab or Mathematica. This is the way real researchers work. I am sure that even non-scientists have developed effective manipulation tools using the features that modern readers and computers provide to the end user.