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Originally Posted by DuckieTigger
How do you read MR? And how did you read it before eink?
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Are you equating reading webpages with sitting down for a few hours reading a novel?
Of course I read webpages on a typical monitor. And of course remember you're not constantly reading when browsing... you're waiting for pages to load, you're scanning over mixed content of images and words looking for an interesting item to read (which this thread obviously qualified to me!
) which means your eyes are never constantly "reading". Distance between your eyes and a monitor is different, meaning either more or less eyestrain depending on your vision.
And most important about that type of reading, I never do it outdoors in daylight or direct sun. If I did, it would mean zero webpage browsing while out in daylight or direct sun.
You're comparing apples and oranges.
My eyes are also very sensitive to light, so my monitors are always much dimmer than what others are used to, so that alone makes them more comfortable. But to curl up in a chair or outside on a picnic table and do nothing but constant reading... no way that's going to happen with anything connected to an LCD backlit screen. I could manage it while indoors, which only covers about 50% of my reading time. Nor would I want the extra weight or short battery that goes along with the tablets.
Edit: Conversely, I never browse webpages from my reader either. It's strictly for reading and nothing else, which is how I want it.