People and Computers XX — Engage Proceedings of HCI 2006 /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bryan-Kinns, Nick (Editor), Blanford, Ann (Editor), Curzon, Paul (Editor), Nigay, Laurence (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2007.
• Subjects: Computer science.; User interfaces (Computer systems).; Computer Science.; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction.; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet).

Reading has arguably the longest and richest history of any domain for scientifically considering the impact of technology on the user. From the 1920s to the 1950s, Miles Tinker [1963] and other researchers ran hundreds of user tests that examined the effects of different fonts and text layout varia...