Re:I no longer read long articles on my computer
by GFischer on Monday March 08, 2010 @12:35PM
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When the author refers to "long articles" I thought that it referred to articles as long as itself!
I absolutely agree that reading long material (as in, more than 2-3 text pages long) on a computer is uncomfortable and it's very tempting to become distracted. That's why I want an e-book reader :)
Something I suspect is that it might depend on the way your computer is set up, and/or your mindset - I have very different behaviour on my work and home computers, even browsing very different stuff - I don't browse sports, facebook, or my non-programming hobbies at work for instance, even though there are no restrictions set up, while I have my home browser set up to open said pages at startup.
I absolutely agree that reading long material (as in, more than 2-3 text pages long) on a computer is uncomfortable and it's very tempting to become distracted. That's why I want an e-book reader :)
Something I suspect is that it might depend on the way your computer is set up, and/or your mindset - I have very different behaviour on my work and home computers, even browsing very different stuff - I don't browse sports, facebook, or my non-programming hobbies at work for instance, even though there are no restrictions set up, while I have my home browser set up to open said pages at startup.