Hello Jim,
JG> Handhelds tend to be held much closer, followed by laptops, and
> then desktops.
But isn't there a chance that's because software authors use tiny
fonts on palmtops in order to squeeze enough information onto the
small screen?
JG> Just observe your own behavior with the different devices...
I may be atypical, especially at the moment: I have a broken arm so I
have a laptop perched on my right knee and I'm typing with my other
hand. The screen is at about the same distance that I tend to sit from
CRT monitors, but then I'm using the same font I usually do for text
work. My PDA is different, I put it where it's comforable to write on.
If I had a palmtop, running the font that I have in mind, then it
might be interesting to see where I hold it.
JG> One way or the other, we need to "fix" this problem and get
> sensible behavior across display devices....
I'm not convinced the problem exists. Hand people a sheet of paper
with 11pt text and I suspect they're likely to adjust the distance
between the paper and their eyes to suit their requirements. The size
of the text remains fixed.
Some people need (or choose) large print books. The nice thing about
software is that we can allow the user to zoom in or out. I think it
makes sense to let people choose the size of text for things on their
screen, but that can be done without trying to redefine terms that
already have long-accepted definitions.
- Andy Ball.
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