Comments on: I Read. Do You Read? http://collegewebguy.com/2008/12/17/i-read-do-you-read/ He’s employed at a university. He calls himself a web designer. These are his brain droppings. Tue, 22 Nov 2011 04:19:18 +0000 hourly 1 By: alison http://collegewebguy.com/2008/12/17/i-read-do-you-read/comment-page-1/#comment-957 alison Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:51:01 +0000 http://collegewebguy.com/?p=303#comment-957 I'm the same as Karlyn on this one - I don't read long articles/stories online because it hurts my eyes and it isn't a pleasant experience. I can get comfortable anywhere with a newspaper/magazine/book/whatever, and I pretty much spend most of my spare time that way, in fact. But to sit in front of a computer screen and crank my neck and strain my eyes - no thanks. If it's good enough to warrant my full attention and not a skim, I'll print it off and read it (sorry, trees!) Same deal, though - that's just me. More anecdotal evidence. I’m the same as Karlyn on this one – I don’t read long articles/stories online because it hurts my eyes and it isn’t a pleasant experience. I can get comfortable anywhere with a newspaper/magazine/book/whatever, and I pretty much spend most of my spare time that way, in fact. But to sit in front of a computer screen and crank my neck and strain my eyes – no thanks. If it’s good enough to warrant my full attention and not a skim, I’ll print it off and read it (sorry, trees!)

Same deal, though – that’s just me. More anecdotal evidence.

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]]> By: Karlyn http://collegewebguy.com/2008/12/17/i-read-do-you-read/comment-page-1/#comment-952 Karlyn Thu, 18 Dec 2008 01:03:01 +0000 http://collegewebguy.com/?p=303#comment-952 I don't feel like either side of the argument has been proven here, since only anecdotal evidence has been offered. You can't use your personal experiences as proof that something applies across the board. I'm a big reader - I have giant bookcases all over my apartment and still don't have enough room for all my books. But I don't read long articles online, it doesn't matter how good they are. It strains my eyes to read on a screen. That's my experience. But I would never use that to apply it as a general rule across all web users. If I did, it would kind of be like saying "gee, *I* can read in the car, so you getting carsick when you try it must be bullshit" I don’t feel like either side of the argument has been proven here, since only anecdotal evidence has been offered. You can’t use your personal experiences as proof that something applies across the board. I’m a big reader – I have giant bookcases all over my apartment and still don’t have enough room for all my books. But I don’t read long articles online, it doesn’t matter how good they are. It strains my eyes to read on a screen. That’s my experience. But I would never use that to apply it as a general rule across all web users. If I did, it would kind of be like saying “gee, *I* can read in the car, so you getting carsick when you try it must be bullshit”

]]> By: Morgan http://collegewebguy.com/2008/12/17/i-read-do-you-read/comment-page-1/#comment-951 Morgan Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:19:21 +0000 http://collegewebguy.com/?p=303#comment-951 I am tempted to agree with you, but, at the same time, I'm one of those people who does a lot of skimming articles online and giving up on paginated pieces after the first page. For me, it isn't an issue of disliking lengthy material online so much as that there is so much more competition for my time. At home in leisure time I will sometimes take the time to read a good, long story. At work I gravitate towards the items that are written the best--those that can make their point in an engaging way quickly. After all, I subscribe to 40 RSS feeds currently and most people only get one newspaper or a handful of paper magazines. I did read this whole post, however :) I am tempted to agree with you, but, at the same time, I’m one of those people who does a lot of skimming articles online and giving up on paginated pieces after the first page. For me, it isn’t an issue of disliking lengthy material online so much as that there is so much more competition for my time. At home in leisure time I will sometimes take the time to read a good, long story. At work I gravitate towards the items that are written the best–those that can make their point in an engaging way quickly. After all, I subscribe to 40 RSS feeds currently and most people only get one newspaper or a handful of paper magazines.

I did read this whole post, however :)

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