11-17-2022, 11:56 AM | #16 |
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I don't read books or long articles on my computer simply because I have other more comfortable and portable ways to read, but it wouldn't be a problem if I had no choice.
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11-17-2022, 02:29 PM | #17 |
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11-17-2022, 06:27 PM | #18 |
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11-17-2022, 07:06 PM | #19 |
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No, for a couple of reasons. The most important is the eye muscle strain from tracking horizontally on a screen much too far from my eyes. I do much better with narrow columns of text, on a device held below my eyes, to make the best use of my progressive lenses. And I love backlit e-ink.
In the days before tablets, I read the local newspaper online, and news sites. Now with our iPads, I rarely read anything but the banking site and Quicken on the PC. But no pleasure reading. |
11-18-2022, 07:23 AM | #20 |
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Although I like Mobileread (the site), I see myself mostly as an anti-mobile user, lol.
In my view, laptop OSs offer many advantages over "strictly" mobile devices, such as the multitude of customisable and easily task-switchable software, while providing physical buttons/keyboards and wireless mouse input for added comfyness. Hardware-wise, though, mobile computers can be very challenging to customise and/or find a satisfactory combination of lightness, performance, screen resolution, screen panel type etc. In fact, I read on the lappy so often that I need to remind myself to charge my mostly abandoned PW3 every now and then. Spoiler:
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11-18-2022, 10:08 AM | #21 |
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No. I really dislike reading on my computer. Short articles, web pages, writing, and games, sure, but I can't get tied up in what's on the screen for huge chunks of time. I'm already sitting at mine for way too long, and it's bad for my back.
I have other chairs that are more comfortable for long bouts of reading, and I can switch them up. And while it's better than a bright screen, night mode sucks on the monitors. It's not a real black, so still problems with eye strain. And while I read and write fanfic on occations, I don't edit stuff fic I'm reading. I'd just read something else if it got that bad. |
11-18-2022, 12:50 PM | #22 |
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My computer is my main reader when I'm home and my phone is my main reader on my commute back and forth to work.
I will open a book in ADE to read it on my pc. I love easy to see text on my 32-inch screen! As someone else pointed out it's easier on aging eyes. |
11-18-2022, 02:54 PM | #23 |
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I Read articles or post (of this forum of course! ) but I won't read a whole book with my PC. For books I use one of my ereaders.
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11-19-2022, 06:50 AM | #24 |
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Sometimes, usually via the Kindle app or Calibre (when I need to check whether I need to manually edit the file and get sucked in).
Usually I only read PDFs on my Mac or my work PC. Everything else gets loaded onto my Kobo and is generally read there (comics & graphic novels get read on the Kindle app on my iPad though). |
11-19-2022, 07:39 AM | #25 |
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I'm a big ereader fan, lying on the couch or in bed with the ereader suspended on a flexible arm.
The only reading use I have for a PC is using ADE to see maps blown up and in color. Also, there is nothing as annoying as wide columns. By the time your gaze has slewed from right to left you've probably jumped a few lines. Last edited by Renate; 11-19-2022 at 07:42 AM. |
11-19-2022, 11:54 AM | #26 |
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I use my computer for reading PDFs which tend to be tech manuals or training materials where I can have the PDF on one screen and bring up research, testing, etc. on the second screen. Most recent example was having a router manual open on one screen while the second screen had the router emulator open plus a Putty session to a real router. While 27" monitors are great for that, for most novels, non-fiction, etc., I prefer the portability of my ereader.
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11-19-2022, 12:05 PM | #27 |
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Long form reading? Never.
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11-19-2022, 08:25 PM | #29 | |
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However, I much prefer the ebook reading software on my tablet, to that on my desktop. The major reason for that preference, is that on my tablet, I can add material by the directory, including all sub-directories, whereas on my desktop, I have to add items one at a time. That works for up to about ten items, but with a 10,000 item ready reference library, one at a time is an instant fail. |
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11-19-2022, 10:24 PM | #30 |
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I almost always am reading one book on my PC, and one on my Kobo. The reason for the PC book is actually proofreading. I find old mysteries or scifi only available as a pdf or cbr (think Internet Archive for example), and carefully OCR them to end up with an epub. That always means proofreading.
I started this thinking I could do a quickie OCR and proof it on a small reader, but quickly learned that even the most careful OCR is not that good. So I find myself reading some very good old books on the PC. Who ever heard of Victor Gunn? His "Ironsides" books are excellent. And the whole process is a pleasurable hobby. Except doing all that reading on a PC--even with a huge screen -- is awful. My old eyes just hate it. |
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