[ale] Print vs electronic: Was: Remove systemd network handling

[Bob Toxen]

Uh, I swap foreground/background colors to show white text on a black background,
for decades.  MUCH EASIER on the eyes!

As I've aged I increase font size.

Bob

On Sat, Sep 25, 2021 at 04:09:48PM -0400, Steve Litt via Ale wrote:
> Leam Hall via Ale said on Fri, 24 Sep 2021 18:36:18 -0500
> 
> >On 9/24/21 6:10 PM, Steve Litt via Ale wrote:
> >
> >> And who in 2021 would write a document on printed
> >> paper?
> >> 
> >> SteveT  
> >
> >*raises hand slowly*
> >
> >Easier on my old eyes, and I read fast enough that a kindle slows me
> >down.
> 
> Yeahhh, for the most part the dead trees argument was sparring between
> two guys with a very different view of the world, and can safely be
> ignored. But because one of the things I do for a living is write,
> produce and publish books, I'm very interested in your preceding
> sentence.
> 
> It sounds to me like printed documents are actually easier on your
> eyes, I presume giving you less eye strain, headaches, etc. Is this
> because of the glaring white background, or some other reason? If the
> glaring white background, do your devices give you the option of using
> a light tan background? Does that help?
> 
> Some people (like me) have no choice but to read electronic docs,
> because we can't comfortably focus on anything less than 15 point. A
> normal paperback printed in a font I can read would be five or six
> inches thick, whereas on a device I can crank it up to clock face type
> size and read comfortably. Does your eyesight restrict the font size you
> can read?
> 
> Are you one of those people able to read line by line instead of word
> by word? If so, I can well imagine that five or six words per line
> would slow you down. On mobile devices, have you tried turning the
> device landscape so you get longer lines? Of course, doing so means you
> have to page down much too often, and that would slow you down.
> 
> Do you ever consider reading on your computer monitor? Doing so would
> solve the words per line and lines per page problems, but would
> eliminate the portability most people require.
> 
> I can't go back to printing my books; it's economically infeasible now
> that I have to compete with PDF and ePub books. But I *can* work to
> bring the benefits of printed books to my PDFs and ePubs.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> SteveT
> 
> Steve Litt 
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