Online document and printing document are two different genre of document. Printing document is tangible, which we are able to get hold of it and it is uses the conventional method to produce its document. Where else, online document are intangible which only can set eyes on and uses the latest technology and modern features in designing its document.
Print document, Cosmolitan Magazine
Online Documet, Cosmopolitan's Website
“If a website is not easy to use, people simply leave
Jakob Nielsen
Consequently, both medium are dissimilar and has its own advantages. Print document is arranged in a linear form and appear to be more “discipline”, as all text and images are arranged in a proper sequence, so readers have to read according to the way it designed, in which their reading path are restricted. Where else, online document encourage scanning and skipping as there are many reading path, and it is less strictly coded, whereby many subhead, pictures and diagram are available in the website (Kress & Leeuwen 1998). According to Nielsen (1997), 79% of test users scan any new page they came across by just selecting the relevant key points and only 16% of test users reads word by word.
Generally, both medium has its own benefits. Therefore, I would not choose one as of the other. As personally I felt that both medium used to cater different types of audience base, people above 50 years old prefers print document as they are not as tech savvy compare to the younger generation.
Reference list
Nielsen, J 1997, Useit.com, How Users Read On the Web, viewed at 5th May 2008,
<http://www.useit.com/alertbox/9710a.html>
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