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Subject:Re: Misreading online information From:George Beinhorn <trail -at- BEST -dot- COM> Date:Sun, 3 Jan 1999 07:52:00 -0800
"The Media Lab" (published late '80s) by Nicholas Negroponte
describes research at the Media Lab in which people
proofreading on standard PC monitors made 40% more errors
than on hard copy. On monitors using anti-aliasing
technology developed by the Media Lab, the error rate fell
to near-hard-copy levels. The particular anti-aliasing
technology has never been implemented in commercial
monitors.
J W Seaman wrote:
>
> You know how easy it is to misread online information?
> (Anything from an e-mail to an IETM.)
>
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George Beinhorn
george -at- trilliumdesign -dot- com
