Jean Hollis Weber wrote:
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Unfortunately, many people do want, and need, lots of screen
captures, while others do not want, or need, them. And those who need
and want lots of pictures are among the people who would not cope
with linked graphics.
Many people are very visual; they learn more, and retain more
information, from pictures than from words. Removing pictures can
seriously diminish the value of the books for those people. (And it
has nothing to do with intelligence; there's a lot of literature on
the topic of how people learn. I am among those who learn better with
pictures, and I am also in a high intelligence range. In a similar
way, some people learn better by being taught in a classroom
situation, while others learn as well if not better from reading.)
People who don't need the graphics can skip them. People who do need
graphics will be disadvantaged without them. There is no easy
solution to that dilemma.
That said, certainly some of the graphics could go, or be cropped to
better show the main point... as I mentioned in a note yesterday.
"A picture saves a thousand words". That may be trite, but nevertheless
it is a truism, even for those of us without an exceptional IQ!
Peter HB
