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

[Steve Litt]

Thanks Bob, this is good information.

SteveT

Bob Toxen said on Sat, 25 Sep 2021 18:18:32 -0400

>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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