Re:Against an Increasingly User-Hostile Web
by hutzlibu on Thursday November 02, 2017 @03:53PM
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Exactly. There are obviously use cases for video - which you can't present in text. Visual tours of architecture, nature, machines, etc. - or other kinds of visual information.
But for facts - reading is simply superior.
What sometimes works, if it is wellmade, is a mixed presentation: text, pictures and video, where you can controll the pace of information. But I seldom see something like this wellmade.
Re:Against an Increasingly User-Hostile Web
by ThrustVectoring on Thursday November 02, 2017 @02:33PM
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It's not just pace, but order. If someone presents information out of the order you need it in a video, it gets really awkward to consume. If text is out of order, you can easily skip around and re-read portions.
Re:Against an Increasingly User-Hostile Web
by b0rsuk on Friday November 03, 2017 @09:42AM
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I have this problem with books vs movies too. I find all but the best made movies less immersive than books. With books, my brain and eyes are the engine pushing plot forward. I by definition need to catch all that is happening.
With text, I can speed-read, slowing down at key points as needed. And if it's a text I want to devote more study/attention to, then can print it (which facilitates speed reading as well.)