Comments on: Why the current ScrollMotion isn’t the best e-reader for enjoying novels on your iPhone http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/why-the-current-scrollmotion-isnt-the-best-e-reader-for-enjoying-novels-on-your-iphone/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:02:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: David Rothman http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/why-the-current-scrollmotion-isnt-the-best-e-reader-for-enjoying-novels-on-your-iphone/comment-page-1/#comment-991548 David Rothman Thu, 25 Dec 2008 13:21:54 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/12/25/why-the-current-scrollmotion-isnt-the-best-e-reader-for-enjoying-novels-on-your-iphone/#comment-991548 Interesting point, RJH. But when I owned an OLPC machine, I used FBReader to help me immerse myself in novels. That way I could see full screens of text without interruption. A quick roll of a mouse wheel advanced me a page. Some might not like the mouse, but it worked for me. You may need to make adjustments in one of the menus so that a quick wheel roll advances you a full page. Significantly, just about all those netbooks, including the linux ones, can run FBReader. Too bad FBReader can't read books infested with DRM, but that has its positives as well, LOL. For commercial books on XT notebooks, Mobipocket and eReader would be interesting possibilities since they, too, can work with the wheels of USB mice. Thanks, David Interesting point, RJH. But when I owned an OLPC machine, I used FBReader to help me immerse myself in novels. That way I could see full screens of text without interruption. A quick roll of a mouse wheel advanced me a page. Some might not like the mouse, but it worked for me. You may need to make adjustments in one of the menus so that a quick wheel roll advances you a full page.

Significantly, just about all those netbooks, including the linux ones, can run FBReader. Too bad FBReader can’t read books infested with DRM, but that has its positives as well, LOL.

For commercial books on XT notebooks, Mobipocket and eReader would be interesting possibilities since they, too, can work with the wheels of USB mice.

Thanks,
David

]]> By: rjh http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/why-the-current-scrollmotion-isnt-the-best-e-reader-for-enjoying-novels-on-your-iphone/comment-page-1/#comment-991479 rjh Thu, 25 Dec 2008 10:45:46 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/12/25/why-the-current-scrollmotion-isnt-the-best-e-reader-for-enjoying-novels-on-your-iphone/#comment-991479 Cognitive load is an interesting point - it helps explain why (even though it is not the same as reading fiction) web browsing is such a distracting experience. And it also is a factor that people who recommend a laptop or netbook as a cost-effective alternative to dedicated ereaders should consider. I've used these and tabletPCs and find they are just too distracting to use for immersive reading. Cognitive load is an interesting point – it helps explain why (even though it is not the same as reading fiction) web browsing is such a distracting experience.

And it also is a factor that people who recommend a laptop or netbook as a cost-effective alternative to dedicated ereaders should consider. I’ve used these and tabletPCs and find they are just too distracting to use for immersive reading.

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