Robert O'Callahan wrote: > fantasai wrote: > >> Robert O'Callahan wrote: >> >>> What is the best way to read a lot of text on a big screen? Anyone >>> have any sources? >> >> http://psychology.wichita.edu/surl/usability_news2.html >> >> ( Found by googling [reading large amounts of text on a computer >> screen] ) > > Thanks, that's great. Their studies don't quite answer the question, > though...
Not wrt columns, but it does point out that scrolling is better than paging.
One problem with the vertical layout you diagramed is that you can only read it well *if* your viewport lines up with the column grouping breaks. It's great for printing, though, if those breaks line up with the page breaks. :)
Having multiple columns longer than the screen is annoying because scroll up and down breaks continuity. And having columns extend across multiple pages and then start at the top of the first again is *really really annoying*. (I speak from experience; I was reading a printout of Ben Goodger's two-column Why Firefox article last year.)
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