Link tags: comprehension
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Creating distraction-free reading experiences — Adrian Zumbrunnen
It’s our job as designers to bring clarity back to the digital canvas by crafting reading experiences that put readers first.
Cognitive Overload - daverupert.com
From Scott McCloud to responsive design, Dave is pondering our assumptions about screen real estate:
As the amount of information increases, removing details reduces information density and thereby increasing comprehension.
It reminds me of Edward Tufte’s data-ink ratio.
Typography for User Interfaces | Viljami Salminen
The history and physiology of text on screen. You can also see the slides from the talk that prompted this article.
Dyslexia
An attempt to convey the experience of (one kind of) dyslexia through code.
The Effects of Line Length on Reading Online News
Suck it up, ya fixed width losers: your favourite escape clause has just been deflated. "Twenty college-age students read news articles displayed in 35, 55, 75, or 95 characters per line (cpl) from a computer monitor. Results showed that passages formatte