This sort of confirms my growing suspicion about how much text is on a page affecting comprehension and quality of reading:
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Wästlund followed up that study with one designed to investigate screen reading dynamics in more detail. He presented students with a variety of on-screen document formats. The most influential factor, he found, was whether they could see pages in their entirety. When they had to scroll, their performance suffered.
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http://www.wired.com/2014/05/reading...-versus-paper/
That has been sticking in my mind as I've read from my Paperwhite--too little info on the screen, too much moving back and forth and just giving up searching for something that hit me from a few pages back. With a print book I glance back to the previous page or few pages, maneuverability of a print book cannot be matched by current ebook technology. If it ever gets to 3-D digital reading and virtual note-taking, then we will have a different animal. Can you imagine gesture flipping through pages of a virtual book you are reading through a "Google Glass" type technology? That would be awesome
