8 Apr
2021
8 Apr
'21
6:33 p.m.
I have one main reason I now prefer an electronic device to paper in most
cases: I can make the text as big as I want on a tablet, and my near vision
has deteriorated wildly as I've aged. Sure, I also have reading glasses,
but it's really nice to just be able to enlarge the font.
On Thu, Apr 8, 2021 at 6:52 AM Nemo Nusquam <cym224(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 2021-04-08 01:32, Dave Horsfall wrote:
On Tue, 6 Apr 2021, Norman Wilson wrote (in
part):
In this informal survey, I side with Dave, though I prefer to read in my
comfy well-lit chair with tea/coffee/cocoa. (A very similar thread was
aired on MO last year.)
I'm not sure why people, even in a group
devoted to history like
ours, focus so much on whether a journal is issued in print or only
electronically. The latter has become more and more common.
Well, curling up in bed with a good PDF just doesn't quite feel the
same... It's also handy in a waiting room (no battery to go flat and
not having to rely upon a WiFi connection) and also when waiting for
the local bus. > On one hand, I too find that if something is
available only
> electronically I'm more likely to put off reading it, probably
> because back issues don't pile up as visibly.
I fully concur -- I tend to
completely forget about them. Have
advertisers actually tracked how many readers look at their ads in print
vs. digital?
N.
I know the feeling :-) I'm slowly working through my bookmarks.
-- Dave