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Very interesting experiment. I'm surprised to be able to read (albeit only when completely focused) at 500 English wpm without being a native speaker. Some obse
by fab13n 13y ago
Very interesting experiment. I'm surprised to be able to read (albeit only when completely focused) at 500 English wpm without being a native speaker. Some observations:
* My eyes muscles feel oddly relaxed while reading, whereas in contrast I need I mental focus to understand the text. It's really hypnotic, in a weird but not unpleasant way.
* Keeping focused on a single point for minutes, I get a disconcerting tunnel effect. As my brain hasn't seen my surroundings for too long, it stops recomposing it, and that makes me conscious of how small my precise vision area is. This also contributes to the hypnotic effect of that thing.
* It absolutely needs an intuitive throttle. My optimal speed varies continuously, because the information density varies a lot within a single text, and some information can be perceived to have widely different levels of relevance for different readers. I'd probably like the speed to be controlled by the mouse's y axis.
* Quick indexing: I want to easily jump anywhere in the page, not read it sequentially.