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Originally Posted by BionicGecko
My two cents on this; I think that when one looks at a book, the variations in lighting are consistent with how the light falls on other objects in the room. The brain expects the unevenness as it knows that the part closer to the light source(s) will be brighter.
On an e-ink device, the unevenness brings a kind of cognitive dissonance; the screen is not “supposed” to be brighter here or there, because that’s not how the light is oriented in the room.
I do realize it sounds petty, and I wish it didn’t bother me, but it really does!  |
That makes a lot of sense, and may explain one reason why the Oasis moved its lights to the side (it gives the same sort of uneven illumination that you get with a book). Of course, that means the unevenness is visible on *every line* rather than once per page. You win some, you lose some... and I can easily see why some people might be annoyed by the one variant but not the other.