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Old 08-10-2007, 08:04 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
When you sit at the computer for hours, do you get eyestrain? And yes it seems silly for you to say you sit in front of the computer for hours yet cannot read a book. The only reason I don't care to read books on the computer is I prefer to do so elsewhere then at my computer desk. I've read books on my computer and our laptop with no problem otherwise.
The problem with reading books on pc's or laptop has to do more with ergonomics than eyestrain. When you read a print book you are focused on it, there is nothing outside it so to speak, but on a pc/laptop you have 2 choices:
- full screen and then horizontal layout which is against your usual reading experience
- vertical layout in your favourite reading software and then you have the rest of the screen as annoyance

On a tablet you can do vertical full screen but there are other problems (weight, heat, noise from the fan...)
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