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Originally Posted by bbpo8
I pay the most attention to anecdotal reports of actual users ... such as the posts above about when people turn to specific media.
The subject is too squishy for a purely academic research approach. People are expecting physiology to deliver a ringing generalization that can become the new dogma. Typically a key variable is left out, to be rediscovered later for a new all-encompassing generalization.
Much better I say to observe behavior and get people to talk about their preferences.
When I was doing User Interface (UI) testing, we were always being surprised. Our precious theories were inevitably upended by real users.
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I don't really see the point of making decisions based on other people's subjective opinion. I have my own subjective opinion or if I haven't had a chance of getting my own opinion I take into account objective opinions.
A new dogma is necessary because the old dogma is based on back-lit screens in the 1960's.
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Originally Posted by derangedhermit
Someone should take a page from a well-printed book (one considered easy to read), frame it, and frame using an identical frame a tablet right beside it. Then play with settings on the tablet to try to mimic the paper as closely as possible, and see what came of it under a range of viewing conditions.
I don't count the recent usage of background images and page turn animations as being serious, or at least sufficient, efforts in that direction.
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Why? Tablets have the potential to be better than paper.