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I get the opposite effect. The shifting colors slow me down because I'm expecting them to have some special significance. Once I force myself to ignore the colo

I get the opposite effect. The shifting colors slow me down because I'm expecting them to have some special significance. Once I force myself to ignore the colors, I can read at almost normal speed again (although it takes extra concentration). I wouldn't want to read a whole page like this.

Nevermark 3y ago
Have you ever read a lot of small-font wide-margin text and had momentary trouble with seamlessly traversing focus from the end of one line to the start of the correct next line? I have, and suspect a lot of people have. Very minor issue, but the fact it happens suggests there is some small cognitive load that could be alleviated in general. I do suspect that the optimal type of visual affordance may vary from person to person.