Comment by ray_v

4 days ago

Yes, I have. Printed, which is fundamentally, and literally a different media type with different properties

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satvikpendem  4 days ago

Someone else said the same thing which I addressed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46331586#46334242

TLDR: in the user's eyes, a newspaper and this sort of layout are not very different, if the average user can navigate the former for hundreds of years, they can navigate the latter.

  • ray_v  4 days ago

    Ok, but the fact of the matter is that a digital display rendering a webpage and a physical format of a newspaper are fundamentally different media and should be treated as such. A wall of text isn't fundamentally a bad thing, but on a display monitor (or god help you, a cellphone or tablet) that's a terrible user experience.

    • satvikpendem  4 days ago

      Sure, you can treat them differently, but for certain use cases and layouts, you can treat them the same. It all depends on what you're trying to do.