Screening versus reading: the debate goes on

A top professor at PRINCETON told me this today: AND SEE HIS LAST SENTENCE!

"I think the answer depends on what kind of material you are talking about "reading". The Kindle is targeted at traditional "text", the kind of stuff that is designed for paper, including words and pictures and charts. Computer screens are designed more for dynamic content. That's why web pages look good on computer screens, and not so good on Kindles. I do think there is a difference between reading web pages, which more and more include video and interactive elements, and reading static text/images. Maybe "viewing" is a better description of what happens when we look at web pages, but that term is passive, and web pages can be interactive. Maybe we need to invent a new term."