Thread: Portrait mode use cases
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slight is offline slight
2009-09-14 , 11:30
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Originally Posted by attila77 View Post
Careful with those book analogies. Books have a lot of history and many of the properties we take for granted are there because of technological requirements of centuries past and not some fancy ergonomy studies.
Au contraire!

http://www.humanfactors.com/downloads/nov02.asp

The average novel is about the right width for optimum reading. Putting it in portrait means you can maintain that width and have more on the page. The particular width is for specific font sizes etc of course.

In the case of reading in a mobile digital format I would argue that the reduced scrolling requirement is in favour of portrait.
 

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