Don’t you think books are a bit better than websites?
By Frederick42
@Frederick42 (2024)
Canada
January 6, 2009 8:38pm CST
Don’t you think books are a bit better than websites?
On a website, you have to strain to read. You can read a book easily.
9 responses
@soulslegend (2)
• Saudi Arabia
7 Jan 09
see
some time If I can't get the information that I need in book
I've to search in website then I've to print it to read it
because it's difficult to read it on screen you've to strain it and read that make u bored
@mkmoney (468)
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12 Jan 09
Good point, but when you say websites you mean the internet, and i only read books to find information and to find a paricular information you will need to look in a book that most likely will have the information, and to find different information you will need to read different books, to find the information. And if you use the internet then the only thing you need to find any information is the internet. Plus if you use the internet you could copy and paste and print out any information you need, with books you cant do it like that.
If you looks at it is detail you will find good and bad points about both.
But from my point of view, i would use the internet then read a book to find any thing, with story books thats different.
Happy mylotting!
@dodo19 (47336)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
8 Jan 09
Both has its advantages and disadvantages. Many of us probably have a preference of one over the other. I personally prefer books over reading websites. I will read websites. It's just that I find reading books a lot easier. I find it easier to retrieve where I left off with a book, for example.
@antioxidant (438)
• Australia
7 Jan 09
Books are easier on the eyes and are more fun to read from than on the computer screen. I find it's easier to concentrate while reading from a book while on the screen i would strain my eyes a little and i find that distracting. Because many websites now offer free reads and such more people are reading online. But i would say books are still the prefered medium for luxury reading compared to the net.
@mkmoney (468)
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12 Jan 09
good point. but when you say websites you mean the internet, and i only read books to find information and to find a paticular information you will have to read books that may have the information and to find different information you will need different book. but if you use the internet you only need one thing thats the internet and you could use it to get any information you want. plus if you use the internet you could copy and paste information which you may want with books you cant. but there are good and bad points about both, from my point of view i would use the internet.
nice day and happy mylotting!
@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
7 Jan 09
I have to say that being able to sit down in comfort, shift my position or change location while I am reading is a big advantage. There is something, too, about the physical turning of pages and definitely an optical difference between print on paper and print on screen.
Apart from this, however, a web page should really be no more strain to read than a book. First you should consider the essentials of your own environment: a good monitor at a comfortable reading distance, well-adjusted room lighting and a comfortable and correct posture.
The web page itself (or, as the case may be, a document you are working on) should be in a readable font and the background should be chosen carefully.
The most readable pages on screen are those in a clear sans-serif font such as Ariel. On paper, a serif font such as Times New Roman or Georgia are known to be better (though some people prefer a sans-serif font). The background colour is far more important than many web designers realise. A book has paper which reflects light and is usually easier on the eye if it is very slightly on the 'warm' side of white. A screen, on the other hand, emits light and it is often that glare that is most trying on the eyes. The best backgrounds have very little pattern to distract the eye but, on the other hand should not be a pure colour. A distinctly ivory colour with a very light pattern, reminiscent of paper is probably most comfortable for most people, though some people, especially those with dyslexia, find that other colours - pale blue, pink or green - are easier to read from. Ideally, the reader should be able to choose a background colour to suit him/herself.
A web page and a book very often differ in line length. Most books will have between 10 and 15 words to a line. At a normal reading distance of about 18 inches, that gives the most comfortable range of eye movement as we scan the page. The physical dimensions of a screen tend to give a wider angle of view than a book page. If you have one of those monitors that can be set horizontally or vertically, you will very likely find that the vertical setting ('portrait' mode in photographic terminology) will be easier to read from. The problem, of course, is that most web pages are designed to be viewed in 'landscape' mode. Many web pages try to get round this by limiting the length of the lines but this can lead to large blank margins which tend to glare and distract the eye.
There is, of course, much more to be written! The above are just a few thoughts that came to mind - interesting, because I had just been reading an article (online) about getting rid of writer's block and had been berating myself for finding it difficult to write! It just shows that one needs a topic to write about - and you came up with one!
@Ainokea (162)
• United States
7 Jan 09
well websites equal free... not necessarily easier to read. Books are way easier to read and more often give better information. Some websites information could be false. But its free and probably the most information you can find on the wierdest things you cant find else where.
• Philippines
7 Jan 09
internet can be accessed easily but difficult to read. books however are expensive but easier to read. yes i think books are better