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The Effect of display size on reading and manipulating electronic text

Richardson, John and Dillon, Andrew and McKnight, Cliff (1989) The Effect of display size on reading and manipulating electronic text. In Megaw, E.D., Eds. Proceedings Ergonomics Societies Conference, pages pp. 474-479, Reading, England.

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This item is not the definitive copy. Please use the following citation when referencing this material: Richardson, J., Dillon, A., and McKnight, C. (1989) The effect of window size on reading and manipulating electronic text. In E. Megaw (ed.) Contemporary Ergonomics 1989. London:Taylor and Francis, 474-479. Abstract: With the advent of hypertext the presentation of electronic text is becoming an increasingly important issue. However, most research to date has focused on simplistic measures of reading speed or navigation in highly controlled presentation formats, often using very constrained texts and task scenarios. The present paper attempts a more meaningful analysis of the effect of window size on reader comprehension and manipulation of real-world texts. Reading a journal article for comprehension and a software manual for specific information are both investigated. Results indicate that screen size is not a major factor in performance on either task but readers express a strong preference for larger screens.

EPrint Type:Conference Paper
Subjects:Information Science
Human Computer Interaction
Hypertext and Hypermedia
User Studies
Information Systems
Information Architecture
ID Code:1291
Deposited On:04 August 2006
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