Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!TAURUS.BITNET!zifrony From: zifrony@TAURUS.BITNET Newsgroups: comp.society.futures Subject: Electronic Newspapers Message-ID: <8905030851.AA06256@gemini.Tau.Ac.IL> Date: 3 May 89 08:51:59 GMT Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: Organization: The Internet Lines: 31 Some of you have been very keen on electronic newspapers. This media has its advantages, especially to those equiped with high-res graphic equipment. However, from my humble experience, our generation is still used to read things printed on paper. I feel much more comfortable reading printed things than reading from a computer terminal. This is especially so for long articles (more than 1-2 terminal screens <20-40 lines>). I think it has something to do with the following factors: 1. The lighting is better controlled, and more convenient when reading printed material. 2. You grasp larger areas of the article (or of the newspaper), when you have it printed. This is something lacking in computer terminals, though it might be better with the 19'' graphic workstations. So, to conclude, I think electronic newspapers can catch on with the people having access to printers, used to print some of the material to be read. -- Doron Zifrony E-mail: BITNET: zifrony@taurus.bitnet Msc. Student INTERNET: zifrony@Math.Tau.Ac.IL Dept. of CS ARPA: zifrony%taurus.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu Tel Aviv Univ. UUCP: ...!uunet!mcvax!humus!taurus!zifrony Israel CSNET: zifrony%taurus.bitnet%cunyvm.cuny.edu@ csnet-relay -- Disclaimer: I DON'T represent Tel Aviv University. The opinions hereby expressed are solely my own.