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View Poll Results: Given a fairly large document to read do you
Print it 4 26.67%
Read on line 2 13.33%
Bit of both 9 60.00%
Ignor ot 0 0%
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Old 2nd-January-2006, 10:20 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Do you print or read off the screen
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God's Debris by Scott Adams (creator of Dilbert but absolutely nothing like it).

I downloaded this free copy of this book yesterday, ...
Given a fairly large document to read

Do you print or read on line
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Old 2nd-January-2006, 11:16 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: Do you print or read off the screen
God's Debris is an interesting example... I first read it on a Palm as part of a research study into the usability of so-called "e-books".

I then printed it out for other people to read.

Going back to it, if I can't find my printed copy (it's easier to lose a print-out than a book) I'll have a go at reading it on my computer screen, but it's hard to snuggle in bed with a 17" LCD...

But if I had a book-sized e-book (the Palm was too small,) I'd probably use it.
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Re: Do you print or read off the screen
It depends on 'content'. God's Debris looks like it will be thought provoking, in which case I will probably print out, as I seem to focus better on hard copy - I skim read on screen.

If I'm proof-reading, then definitely hardcopy - I just find it easier to spot errors and scribble, then do the fancy shmancy on-screen post-its/change tracking if required.
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... it's hard to snuggle in bed with a 17" LCD....
au contraire, mon ami.
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au contraire, mon ami.
When it's on a stand, and has wires hanging out the back?

Maybe you've got a different concept of snuggling to me...
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When it's on a stand, and has wires hanging out the back?
No one said it would be easy - especially at first - but work at it, and the rewards will come later.
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Re: Do you print or read off the screen
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No one said it would be easy - especially at first - but work at it, and the rewards will come later.
here is the reward
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Re: Do you print or read off the screen
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... it's hard to snuggle in bed with a 17" LCD....
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au contraire, mon ami.
Maybe ESG's "LCD" definition is different from the rest of us

I'm quite happy with my 15"
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Maybe ESG's "LCD" definition is different from the rest of us
I've figured it out, but unfortunately it's so rude, I can only write it as "L*** C*** D***".
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Re: Do you print or read off the screen
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Given a fairly large document to read

Do you print or read on line
Im sure I'd "ignor ot"

Unlike Ducasi I think a Palm screen is fine for reading books. Ive probably read around 30 or so books on my palm and have around 60 books Ive not read on it in case Im stuck somewhere. Like most people though I hate reading reams of material from a screen for too long - Palms are the way forward for now but its only a matter of time before things like this are out
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Re: Do you print or read off the screen
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Unlike Ducasi I think a Palm screen is fine for reading books.
Maybe it was the Palm I was using, with the original-style lo-res gray-scale screen, and no good input device to activate scrolling, which meant lots of clicking buttons or using the stylus.

I guess some of the newer ones are better. (Shame Sony stopped making Palm-compatibles, as they looked like they were heading in the right direction.)
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Re: Do you print or read off the screen
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I guess some of the newer ones are better. (Shame Sony stopped making Palm-compatibles, as they looked like they were heading in the right direction.)
Have you had a look at this

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4586800.stm

Nice new device from Sony, basically an electronic book
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Re: Do you print or read off the screen
One of my nice little IBM Thinkpads and myself have spent many hours cuddled up in bed and I have read a lot of books on it, both fiction and technical.

Mind you that laptop does seem to live permanetly next to the bed, think I may be an email junkie as I check mail as soon as I wake up
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Nice new device from Sony, basically an electronic book
Yep – way too expensive, and I wonder about the contrast of that screen...

Oh, and I want colour!

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