![]() We ran a within-subjects study, testing each user on all 4 reading conditions - printed book, PC, iPad, and Kindle - rotating the sequence in which we exposed users to each device. We taught participants how to use the readers before we started measuring their reading speeds. Instead, we specifically focused on testing linear, narrative content because it's the primary use case for e-book readers.įinally, we didn't test the many issues related to choosing and installing reading software, nor did we test the reading UI's learnability. Testing a single iPad reader let us more easily compare it with the Kindle, which has only one user interface.Īlso, in contrast to our previous analysis of Kindle content usability, we didn't consider non-linear content, such as Web pages or newspapers. Instead, we tested only the default iBook app. In contrast to our previous study of iPad application usability, we didn't study a range of user interfaces. To find out, we conducted a readability study of people reading fiction on the two highest-profile tablets: Apple's iPad (first-generation) and Amazon's Kindle 2. But are tablets as good as printed books? Various types of tablets ought to do better than desktop computers because they offer higher-resolution screens and a more comfy reading posture. ![]() However, such products will succeed only if the reading experience is much better than the misery of reading from PC monitors. Many companies are betting big that electronic book readers will be one of the main ways people read long-form text in the future. ![]()
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