Quote:
Originally Posted by Dulin's Books
thanks for taking the time. I found about 7 examples rather quickly. but i have discovered in the past it is best to let other do the choosing. I would pick a document and then the other person would assume i had picked one that was easy for a reader to display. This way its clearer for everyone and I get to see what a person is having issues with.
Sorry to hear about the drunk, i know how that feels. about a 15 years ago I had a car totalled by a drunk who smashed it while it was parked in my spot at my apartment. he pushed it 8 ft into a tree. this guy tried to run too but he only got about a mile away when he car died.
|
It finally dawned on my why ya asked for an example or two...d'oh!! hehehehe...but yeah, it's a formatting thing, especially important in areas of study like math, chemistry even biology and business. Anywhere that the pages are setup to enhance understanding. When those pages get broken apart a new hurdle is in place for students, even those who take to the subject like a duck to water can loose the concept since the focus is on the device not the learning. That's why I say a 9.7" is probably the minimum panel size for all but the most advance courses where there is often more text than equations. hehehehe....they show the original equations then a bit of a description, magic happens, then they show the result of the magic...it's up to the student to figure out the magic...one of my Abstract Algebra undergrad courses used a text also used later for a gad course and good gawds...it took a week to work through some of the magic parts!! hehehehe...so ereaders of any size probably would OK for those "thin books" where everything is left out and there is a twisted mathematician laughing his/her happy arse off somewhere.
And the issue with zooming is the same, the student simply can't see the whole explanation at the same time. slightly scaled down is OK but having to slide the page around the screen just adds too much confusion to the issue. And this is what my first thoughts were when I read the title for this thread I thought, "...a 6" device, they are kidding right? ..."
Thanks for your anecdote about your experience with a drunk behind the wheel. makes me I feel like I got off easy. Only thing with this guy was it came only a few weeks after losing my Mom and, well, I was still dealing with all the frustrations and such, so now, I am just pure angry because the guy has four previous DUI violations...so I am asking they go for Max. Pound him in the, well you know, Man Prison...I'm usually not that guy, but enough is enough. He has got nothing to cover compensation beyond damage to my vehicle so I am just lucky the guy had insurance.
Weird enough, the same night there was another guy who whacked eight parked cars on the street, not sure they caught him though...I am in a small town where it was always safe, but only moved back about 15yrs ago now to care for my Mom and I am appalled what this place has turned into...soon as I unload my inventory I am out of California for good and I was born & raised here but it's a cesspool anymore.