[Gzz-commits] manuscripts/Paper paper.tex

[Tuomas J. Lukka]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/gzz
Module name:    manuscripts
Changes by:     Tuomas J. Lukka <address@hidden>        03/03/20 09:13:49

Modified files:
        Paper          : paper.tex 

Log message:
        Readability discussion

CVSWeb URLs:
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/gzz/manuscripts/Paper/paper.tex.diff?tr1=1.38&tr2=1.39&r1=text&r2=text

Patches:
Index: manuscripts/Paper/paper.tex
diff -u manuscripts/Paper/paper.tex:1.38 manuscripts/Paper/paper.tex:1.39
--- manuscripts/Paper/paper.tex:1.38    Thu Mar 20 08:35:26 2003
+++ manuscripts/Paper/paper.tex Thu Mar 20 09:13:49 2003
@@ -1059,21 +1059,22 @@
 %  subjective preference for text displays and empirical measures of their
 %  readability."
 
+TJL
+
 It can be argued that
 the backgrounds clutter the display
 visually, making the user interface more confusing,
 and reduce text readability.
+
 Indeed, one of the most difficult aspects of the work was making the random
 color selection produce acceptable results.
-However, by tuning the color selection and the gamma
-correction of the display, we were able to (in our opinion) avoid
-the above problems.
-It is important that the colors chosen are light and that the palettes
-have a relatively small range of colors.
-Also, text readability on the generated backgrounds depends 
+
+Text readability on the generated backgrounds depends 
 strongly on the text scale; making it easy for the user to zoom
 fluidly in and out helps.
 
+In the current version, even small text is quite legible on the backgrounds.
+
 We have not tried to attain infinite zoomability\cite{furnas00infinity}
 with the current implementation,
 but only the more modest goal of zooming within a range 
@@ -1103,8 +1104,6 @@
 % to different resolutions.
 
 % leads to aliasing: .... modeling textures mathematically , ...
-
-TJL
 
 The most commonly asked question about this work concerns 
 text readability. We address this question in two different ways.