![]() I paid a lot for software/hardware when I started that business. Same with CorelDraw, Illustrator and the others. I mean, I paid over $2k for Ventura Publisher and its various modules/applications in 1989. I believe it is largely due to users demanding lower cost software over the years & companies deciding they like larger profit margins. But the industry as a whole has pretty much abandoned them. Such technical and reference manuals may be dying, but they aren't dead yet. I still have companies I do the odd manual for. Oh, I agree completely (says the idiot who works in print). ![]() But those of us who prefer them get a little tired of feeling like dinosaurs for not thinking that digital is always better. I realize, of course, that this changes nothing. We were also surprised to learn that few researchers tested different levels of comprehension or documented reading time in their studies of printed and digital texts." This appears to be related to the disruptive effect that scrolling has on comprehension. But their actual performance tended to suffer.įor example, from our review of research done since 1992, we found that students were able to better comprehend information in print for texts that were more than a page in length. Students said they preferred and performed better when reading on screens. "Our work has revealed a significant discrepancy. "A new study shows that students learn way more effectively from print textbooks than screens" Unexpected support for preferring printed manuals today at in the Strategy section.
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