Kier wrote:
> On Thu, 08 Jun 2006 09:58:59 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> __/ [ Kier ] on Thursday 08 June 2006 09:43 \__
>>
>>> On Thu, 08 Jun 2006 06:51:13 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>
>>>> __/ [ Stephen Fairchild ] on Wednesday 07 June 2006 20:03 \__
>>>>
>>>>> I live in hope of spotting a copy of Linux Format alongside Windows XP
>>>>> magazine on the shelves at my local supermarket.
>>>>
>>>> You can download Linux magazines as PDF's nowadays. Why stick to paper
>>>> form?
>>>
>>> Easy. I can take a magazine to work to read in break-times.
>>
>> True. Been mentioned before *smile*. It's very dependent upon the person
>> though. I suppose that with the money saved on magazines over the years,
>> a PDA could be bought which displays PDF (starts at about GBP 100).
>
> No doubt, but I wouldn't take anything that valuable to work with me, and
> reading a small screen is far less comfortable than spreading a magazine
> out on a table.
>
I have to agree there, the pda idea seemd like a good one, I started by
downloading books. I never found a way to save which page you are on, so
each session had to start with a nip into the pda notes so I could find my
page.
But I found I just couldn't read in automatic mode in the same way I can
with a paper book. You know how it is, we don't really read, we scan. The
subconcious does the work so that we can enjoy the story. Well try as I
might I just couldn't get that from reading the PDA screen.
So I'm afraid I've gone back to wasteing trees.
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