Reading and writing with computers: a framework for explaining differences in performance
- 1 September 1988
- journal article
- Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in Communications of the ACM
- Vol. 31 (9), 1080-1089
- https://doi.org/10.1145/48529.48532
Abstract
Several factors can influence the behavior of users as they read and write with computers. Recent research indicates that both quality and quantity depend upon page size, legibility, responsiveness and tangibility.Keywords
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