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Besides the fact that most commercial monitors have pitiful ppi, the fact that monitor manufacturers are selling mostly widescreen monitors with a poverty of ve

Besides the fact that most commercial monitors have pitiful ppi, the fact that monitor manufacturers are selling mostly widescreen monitors with a poverty of vertical room drives me crazy. It's hard to read a pdf of a book when its resolution makes it hard to fit a single page onto your screen. There is something about continuous scrolling that makes it harder for me to remember the text that I'm reading. So a large screen e-reader (that won't have any backlight issues) could be a great gadget to have. I tried a Kindle DX in 2010, but I found panning around in PDFs to be too slow for enjoyment. If and when the technology improves enough, there could be a big student market for a large screen e-ink reader that can display PDFs (or saner formats, like DJVU).

breadbox 13y ago
"There is something about continuous scrolling that makes it harder for me to remember the text that I'm reading." Yes! I've tried both now, and I vastly prefer a page-turning interface over continuous scrolling. I can't really explain why, though. Is it just because I'm old?
- dragontamer 13y ago
  http://www.magicscroll.net/ScrollTheWeb.html http://www.magicscroll.net/ScrollTheWeb.html Classic UI problem. Continuous Scrolling is extremely damaging to your concentration. The issue is that group think and shear momentum prevents us from thinking of better ways to scroll text on computer screens. Strangely, the eInk format has brought back "page turning" (based on paper designs), which partially solve the problem. What we all want is for the text to remain still while we're reading and scrolling.
  - nitrogen 13y ago
    Just don't make everybody give up scrolling (though I hate "infinite" scrolling that dynamically loads new comment and makes the page taller). I grew up with scrolling and prefer it over pagination for most types of content.
euroclydon 13y ago
Buy two and flip 'em sideways.
dragontamer 13y ago
Hopefully this new generation changes that. All of the major laptop / tablet companies (even for Windows computers) have resolutions of 1080p or higher. http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/05/sharp-3200-1800-igzo/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/05/sharp-3200-1800-igzo/?utm... For example, this new laptop screen from Sharp has 3200x1800 resolution on a 13-inch screen. Resolution is finally "sexy" again, and in a few months, there will be a ton of devices that will be high resolution again. ------------------- I love the idea of Kindle DX coming back. 3 weeks on one charge, a full size paper and e-ink for reading pleasure.

breadbox 13y ago

"There is something about continuous scrolling that makes it harder for me to remember the text that I'm reading." Yes! I've tried both now, and I vastly prefer a page-turning interface over continuous scrolling. I can't really explain why, though. Is it just because I'm old?

dragontamer 13y ago
http://www.magicscroll.net/ScrollTheWeb.html http://www.magicscroll.net/ScrollTheWeb.html Classic UI problem. Continuous Scrolling is extremely damaging to your concentration. The issue is that group think and shear momentum prevents us from thinking of better ways to scroll text on computer screens. Strangely, the eInk format has brought back "page turning" (based on paper designs), which partially solve the problem. What we all want is for the text to remain still while we're reading and scrolling.
- nitrogen 13y ago
  Just don't make everybody give up scrolling (though I hate "infinite" scrolling that dynamically loads new comment and makes the page taller). I grew up with scrolling and prefer it over pagination for most types of content.

euroclydon 13y ago

Buy two and flip 'em sideways.

dragontamer 13y ago

Hopefully this new generation changes that. All of the major laptop / tablet companies (even for Windows computers) have resolutions of 1080p or higher. http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/05/sharp-3200-1800-igzo/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/05/sharp-3200-1800-igzo/?utm... For example, this new laptop screen from Sharp has 3200x1800 resolution on a 13-inch screen. Resolution is finally "sexy" again, and in a few months, there will be a ton of devices that will be high resolution again. ------------------- I love the idea of Kindle DX coming back. 3 weeks on one charge, a full size paper and e-ink for reading pleasure.