sboyle@mbunix.mitre.org (Stephen V. Boyle) (01/24/89)
In article <928@novavax.UUCP> maddoxt@novavax.UUCP (Thomas Maddox) writes: > Next, in a casual conversation about displays, a friend cited >research he'd read that indicated all CRTs caused a 25% decrease in >reading comprehension by comparison to the printed page. At the time >I just nodded my head, but now I want to know: could this be true, or >is this true in some fashion? More to the point, perhaps, does anyone >know of the research that was alluded to? > It's true (in some fashion), although at least one study has demonstrated that reading from a CRT can be nearly as fast and accurate as from paper, depending on image quality. The applicable paper is: Gould, J. D., Alfaro, L., Finn, R., Haupt, B., Minuto, A., and Salaun, J. (1987). Why reading was slower from CRT displays than from paper. Proceedings of ACM CHI + GI, 1987, 7-11 The above is also available separately from ACM: ACM-0-89791-213-6/87/0004/0007 $0.75/copy. Also see: Cushman, W. H. (1986). Reading from microfiche, a VDT, and the printed page; subjective fatigue and performance. Human Factors, 28, 63-73. Gould, J. D., (1986) Why is reading slower from CRT displays than from paper? Proceedings of the Annual Human Factors Society Meeting, Dayton, Ohio, October, 1986, 834-836. ---------- Steve Boyle The MITRE Corporation sboyle@mbunix.mitre.org UNIX Systems (617) 271-7030 Burlington Road Bedford, MA. 01730
sboyle@mbunix.mitre.org (Stephen V. Boyle) (01/28/89)
In article <43835@linus.UUCP> sboyle@mbunix.mitre.org (Boyle) writes: > >Gould, J. D., Alfaro, L., Finn, R., Haupt, B., Minuto, A., and Salaun, J. > (1987). Why reading was slower from CRT displays than from paper. > Proceedings of ACM CHI + GI, 1987, 7-11 > >The above is also available separately from ACM: ACM-0-89791-213-6/87/0004/0007 >$0.75/copy. > > Sorry people, the above is *not* available from the ACM. The $0.75/copy refers to the charge to be remitted to the ACM for copying the article. To quote the ACM copying policy: "Copying without fee is permitted provided that the copies are not made or distributed for direct commercial advantage and credit to the source is given. Abstracting with credit is permitted. For other copying of articles that carry a code ath the bottom of the first page, copying is per- mitted provided that the per-copy fee indicated on the code is paid through the Copyright Clearance Center, 21 Congress Street, Salem, MA 01970. For permission to republish write to: Director of Publications, Association for Computing Machinery. To copy otherwise, or republish, requires a fee and/or specific permission." My apologies to anyone whom I've inconvenienced, and to the ACM. Thanks to George Leach at Paradyne, whose query prompted me to research this completely. (Of course, I was *positive* that I had ordered reprints from the ACM in the past. It's a terrible thing to experience the deterioration of what was once a perfectly sub-adequate mind. :=)
avi@dgp.toronto.edu (Avi Naiman) (01/28/89)
In article <43835@linus.UUCP> sboyle@mbunix.mitre.org (Boyle) writes: >In article <928@novavax.UUCP> maddoxt@novavax.UUCP (Thomas Maddox) writes: >> research ... that indicated all CRTs caused a 25% decrease in >> reading comprehension by comparison to the printed page. >> ... could this be true ... ? does anyone >>know of the research that was alluded to? > Gould, J. D., Alfaro, L., Finn, R., Haupt, B., Minuto, A., and Salaun, J. > (1987). Why reading was slower from CRT displays than from paper. > Proceedings of ACM CHI + GI, 1987, 7-11 > Cushman, W. H. (1986). Reading from microfiche, a VDT, and the printed page; > subjective fatigue and performance. Human Factors, 28, 63-73. > > Gould, J. D., (1986) Why is reading slower from CRT displays than from paper? > Proceedings of the Annual Human Factors Society Meeting, Dayton, Ohio, > October, 1986, 834-836. Also: Bender 87 Bender, W., R. A. Crespo, P. J. Kennedy, and R. Oakley, ``CRT Typeface Design and Evaluation,'' Proceedings of the Human Factors Society, 31st Annual Meeting, 1987, pp. 1311-1314. Farrell 88Farrell, J. E. and A. E. Fitzhugh ``Image Quality of Digital Characters,'' Supplement to Investiga- tive Opthalmology and Visual Science, 1988, In Press. Gould 84 Gould, J. D. and N. Grischkowsky, ``Doing the Same Work with Hard Copy and with Cathode-Ray Tube (CRT) Computer Terminals,'' Human Factors, Volume 26, Number 3, June 1984, pp. 323-337. Gould 87b Gould, J. D. et al., ``Reading is Slower from CRT Displays than from Paper: Attempts to Isolate a Single-Variable Explanation,'' Human Factors, Volume 29, Number 3, June 1987, pp. 269-299. -- Avi Naiman avi@dgp.toronto.edu