Sentences with phrase «reading on a screen rather»

With the growing popularity of ebook readers like the Kindle and iPad, more and more people are reading on a screen rather than from printed books.

In the legal world, this means lawyers, paralegals, clients, and even judges are reading on screens rather than paper, causing them to skim pages and have a constant source of distraction.

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Breakfast: This Sunday morning I began with Irish Breakfast Tea and read the actual paper, rather than viewing it on my phone's screen.

Facts and ideas voiced out, rather than being printed on your screen for you to read and understand, will certainly help you better absorb information.

Rather than visit each blog individually or wade through dozens of emails, I wanted content pushed to me on one screen so that I could focus on reading rather than searRather than visit each blog individually or wade through dozens of emails, I wanted content pushed to me on one screen so that I could focus on reading rather than searrather than searching.

It showed children in poorer households were particularly likely to read on touch - screen computers rather than printed books.

I once asked book industry maven Mike Shatzkin about my rather eccentric views on all this, and he told me in an ensuing email: «You may very well be right about the differences between paper - reading and screen - reading, in trerms of brain chemistry, but just as nobody in the past heeded the calls that radiation and cancer might impact cellphone use, do you think makers of device readers will listen to you or even care if you are right?»

The iPad on the other hand is more of a tablet rather than an eBook reader although it can read multiple files and view them through a colored screen.

With the increase of time people spend in front of computer screens looking for and processing information, it may be that today we spend more time reading than we did in generations past — it is just that what we read is on the screen rather than in the form of a book.

I have read conjecture that Amazon may never upgrade the 300 pixel - per - inch screen, because it is enough to convince the human eye it is reading solid, ink on paper words, rather than assembled dots.

13.3 is a lot of screen estate for sure and the device might be convincing but i don't see me ever being able to afford such an expensive reading device, i'd rather spend that cash on content.

Easier to just buy it from Amazon rather than go through that kind of hassle just to read the content I purchased on a decent - sized screen.

I'd still rather consume my content or write on a 10 - inch screen; so I have an iPad Air for reading and an iPhone 6 as a phone.

Do you think that, if one were to read the whole text of The Book of Counted Sorrows on the screen rather than from a printed book, it would have the same disastrous results?

[45] It has a silver - grey bezel, 6 - inch display, nine hard keys, a cursor pad, an on - screen rather than physical keyboard, a flash storage capacity of 2 GB, and an estimated one month battery life under ideal reading conditions.

When you first start reading a book, the screen is rather distractingly adorned with no fewer than nine interface elements that surround the text — a button to return to your library, a shortcut to the table of contents, a means of adjusting the font size and style, and so on.

And that's before you even consider suggestions the human brain might actually retain and comprehend information rather better when reading and writing on paper vs screens.

How bookworms will get on with reading content on the iPad's, or iPhone's screens, rather than the flicker - free, easy - on - the - eye E-Ink options from the Kindle and other dedicated ebook reader devices, is yet to be seen.

If you've done something other than read books on the Glo — such as use the Kobo's sketchbook — then you may see your saved drawings on the home screen, rather than book covers.

What you're left with is a device that is — great for reading books, quite good for reading articles and blog posts, quite good with newspapers and magazines, and good with PDFs (though it can't do magic and PDFs meant for A4 size sheets or large computer screens will look rather inelegant on the Kindle 3's 6 ″ screen).

«We hope to capture a set of readers who perhaps don't read on paper, as well as a new generation who will grow up reading and writing on computer screens in school and will have different reading habits,» said Maru de Montserrat, agent at International Editors Co. and president of ADAL, «It's important to meet that demand, rather than waiting for readers to take matters into their own hands and create a black market of scanned books.»

Though I'd much rather read a book on a 7 - inch tablet, for movies and games, a bigger screen is always better.

He claims that «There will always be plenty of people who welcome the opportunity to read words on paper rather than staring into yet another glowing screen.»

Reading a broadsheet newspaper on a 6 - inch screen is not a great experience and not one we could get accustomed to, but you get to browse by sections and then click through to the text, so it feels like a serious reading experience, rather than a browsing news expeReading a broadsheet newspaper on a 6 - inch screen is not a great experience and not one we could get accustomed to, but you get to browse by sections and then click through to the text, so it feels like a serious reading experience, rather than a browsing news expereading experience, rather than a browsing news experience.

Barnes & Noble's next Nook eReader may solve the problem of reading in the dark (or rather, not) on an e-ink screen.

As Plastic Logic has said all along, the Que is based on its proprietary plastic transistor technology (which allows for a large, lightweight, glass - free display), has a screen the size of an 8.5 - by - 11 inch piece of paper, uses a touchscreen interface, and is aimed at businessfolk who «need to read» rather than those who read for pleasure.

The kindle can read them without conversion but the screen is on the small size for regular size pdfs and while the zoom works well, I'd rather have a text file so I can play with font sizes.

The iPad is a more luxurious manga reading experience — its screen size is larger than most printed manga, and the resolution is better — but if you'd rather spend money on comics than hardware, the Nook looks like a good alternative.

Regarding the trading screen time, I would rather say the 1 hour is just for trading purpose, and more time will be spent on reading, studying or may be looking at historical charts say to reinforce our internal mind recognition of price action patterns!

In Hangzhou - based artist Yang Zhenzhong's five - screen video installation Disguise (2015), assembly - line workers wearing white masks based on their own features go about their usual tasks, but with their movements choreographed to read as ritualistic, rather than rote, transforming a dehumanizing activity into something bordering on the spiritual.

That way, when you go looking for something, you'll be able to see what other, real world people think about it, rather than just reading design and performance specs on a computer screen.

Because more and more judges are reading briefs on computer screens, rather than on paper, in Part 1 of this program, attendees learned how to leverage technology as well as principles of document design and web usability to maximize the persuasive power of their briefs.

More and more judges are reading briefs on computer screens, rather than on paper.

In nearly all my reading, in ink on paper or pixels on screen, I find a strong tendency to use long words rather than short — & needless words where economy would serve better.

If you want fonts and other elements on your screen to be larger and easier to read, you should try adjusting the size of the elements in your operating system rather than changing your monitor's resolution.

But rather than just watch the events on screen, you can take part... Read more

Though I'd much rather read a book on a 7 - inch tablet, for movies and games, a bigger screen is always better.

Slapping a screen onto an intelligent smart home speaker has worked rather well all things considered.Google, for one, is interested in taking on the Alexa - enabled device with Google Assistant... Read more

It's got a much smaller screen that's designed more to show you little pieces of information rather than let you catch up on the latest series of The Grand Tour, but that might be more than enough if you just want to quickly check directions or read a news bulletin.

Rather, your resume will be read on a screen as large as that of a full desktop monitor or as small as that of your mobile phone.

The assumption that your reader is reading your resume on screen, rather than on paper, has a huge impact on your resume strategy.

Recruiter opinions about resume length have been colored in recent years by the growing practice of reading resumes on a computer screen rather than printing them.