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Why the current ScrollMotion isn’t the best e-reader for enjoying novels on your iPhone
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Why the current ScrollMotion isn’t the best e-reader for enjoying novels on your iPhone
December 25, 2008 | 4:17 am
Moderator's note: The opinions below are reproduced with Ken's permission from the Reading 2.0 list, where his post appeared in a slightly different form. The headline is ours. - D.R. I’ve been reading one of the ScrollMotion titles, and I find that while the application is attractive visually, there’s too much involved in going from page to page for reasonable immersion in narrative fiction. There are two concepts that are relevant here: “Reading Space” and “Cognitive Load.” While I’m sure there are other names for it, reading space is that place you go when you’re reading...



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