I have slowly failing eyesight. In addition to glasses I compensate by us enlarging the text size. This is now usually automatic on my part.
If I do it in the “flat” view, I lose text beyond the margin unless I use arrow keys or mouse.
Please can you institute word wrap in the flat view?
I have several tricks I use when reading on-line, which I do a lot:
– change font, usually to Arial
– shorten line length, bu decreasing right margin to give about 50 characters per line
– break up dense paragraphs
– use onscreen highlighter if likely to re-read, or to concentrate better like underlining or highlighting hard copy (NEVER in a borrowed book!).
Would you like to ask readers what other tricks they use? Last year, among the novels I read onscreen were War and Peace, John Buchan’s works, and some other classics.
I enjoy my ZD net newsletter, and want to help make it even better.
cheers
Michael Patkin
mpatkin.org
