Buch, Englisch, 135 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 187 mm x 235 mm
Reihe: Synthesis Lectures on Information Concepts, Retrieval, and Services
Buch, Englisch, 135 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 187 mm x 235 mm
Reihe: Synthesis Lectures on Information Concepts, Retrieval, and Services
ISBN: 978-1-62705-243-6
Verlag: MORGAN & CLAYPOOL
The physical properties of paper (for example, it is light, thin, and flexible) contribute to the ease with which physical documents are manipulated; but these properties have a completely different set of affordances to their digital equivalents. Paper can be folded, ripped, or scribbled on almost subconsciously -- activities that require significant cognitive attention in their digital form, if they are even possible. The nearly subliminal interaction that comes from years of learned behavior with paper has been described as lightweight interaction, which is achieved when a person actively reads an article in a way that is so easy and unselfconscious that they are not apt to remember their actions later.
Reading is now in a period of rapid change, and digital text is fast becoming the predominant mode of reading. As a society, we are merely at the start of the journey of designing truly effective tools for handling digital text.
This book investigates the advantages of paper, how the affordances of paper can be realized in digital form, and what forms best support lightweight interaction for active reading. To understand how to design for the future, we review the ways reading technology and reader behavior have both changed and remained constant over hundreds of years. We explore the reasoning behind reader behavior and introduce and evaluate several user interface designs that implement these lightweight properties familiar from our everyday use of paper.
We start by looking back, reviewing the development of reading technology and the progress of research on reading over many years. Drawing key concepts from this review, we move forward to develop and test methods for creating new and more effective interactions for supporting digital reading. Finally, we lay down a set of lightweight attributes which can be used as evidence-based guidelines to improve the usability of future digital reading technologies. By the end of this book, then, we hope you will be equipped to critique the present state of digital reading, and to better design and evaluate new interaction styles and technologies.
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Weitere Infos & Material
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Figure Credits
- Introduction
- Reading Through the Ages
- Key Concepts
- Lightweight Interactions
- Improving Digital Reading
- Bibliography
- Authors' Biographies