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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Do you know anybody who would read a book on an iPad in a dark room with the brightness at full and be comfortable with it?
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The study lab wasn't dark. It was light enough that 24 year old experimental subjects could read a paper book.
Right now, I am attempting to proofread this post, at night, in roughly similar light conditions, and I have not dimmed the PC LCD. And I have, on rare occasions, at night, read a book on this screen.
Doesn't mean I am typical, and this factor could lessen the experimental effect. But it isn't likely to make LCD better than eInk.
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Originally Posted by fjtorres
The target this time just happens to be Apple . . .
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One study author is an Apple consultant. If this study is replicated, as seems likely given its careful attention to making sure experimental subjects follow the protocol, Apple will apply the lessons.* Then Apple will sell more devices to now slightly more wide-awake repeat customers.
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Originally Posted by fjtorres
A competent/honest researcher . . .
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This article survived peer review to be published in the second most cited scientific journal in world, the
Proceedings of the National Academies of Science. Now, every scientific study has strengths and weaknesses. However, unless you have evidence of plagiarism or faked results, this character assassination is out of line.
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* I'm not sure if changing the peak spectral wavelength for the background to black text, in the iPad or Fire, would require a hardware change, or if they could offer it as a software update. Does anyone know?