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Originally Posted by ohx1b
Working on a script/plugin at the moment, I just felt like sharing in case anyone else thought the algorithm might be doing something more interesting.
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Ha, this is fascinating and depressing at the same time; thanks for sharing this insight!!! I had at least assumed some sort of fixed database of words derived from the use of eye tracking during reading research, but no
@ohx1b - it appears there is a new chrome plugin, or is this the one you looked into:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/d...iecmlflj?hl=de
I am a Neuroscientists who specialises in visual perception, and this follows a long line of tricks to try to improve reading speed or comprehension with variable and conflicting results. BR seems to be developed by a typographer, not a scientist, and the analysis of the underlying algorithm only reinforces this is window dressing more than anything else...