Re:Sci-Hub’s cache of pirated papers is so big, subscription...
by groby_b on Thursday July 27, 2017 @04:49PM
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I love Bret's work, but I consider this rewrite pretty much entirely unreadable. I'm sure it's great for skimming - what with the bolding, and the flood of pictures - but that's not the point of scientific papers.
Re:Sci-Hub’s cache of pirated papers is so big, subscription...
by tomjakubowski on Thursday July 27, 2017 @06:32PM
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It would be better with a layout that flowed only from top to bottom. Reading text mixed with diagrams left-to-right, and then top-to-bottom, is hard, as you point out.
Since Bret has liberated the scientific article from paper, we may as well take advantage of the more flexible layout possible with digital media. Interactive diagrams are so nice for learning that I think it's worth pursuing Victor's idea further. Fred Akalin's blog has a couple great examples! https://www.akalin.com/quintic-unsolvability
I edited the link to the more "lightweight" version (i.e. just the page, without loading his entire homepage as well, which is kind of heavy), so please consider trying again.
I agree with you RE blog posts, and the point of me linking to Bret Victor's work is to give an example of a form that's better-suited to the media we operate with today. Papers still live in the paper age (pun not intended).