How important is the paging effect of the reading software

Although I am now quiet to read a little time, but the reading software is still my smart phone is the necessary software. And since the Android 2.x era, I have been using the reading software is Aldiko, the reason is the interface is good, intuitive operation, support to read the SD card, but also to meet my intermittent reading process. In the Android 4.0 era, it's possible that its interface has lagged behind, but it still exists in my phone, and to ask why, it's because I still don't have a more appropriate application to replace it.

Although Aldiko has been with me for such a long time, but in fact I have always had some resentment, that is, it does not turn the page effect. And for reading the effect of the page-flipping, seems to have no reason, but has been tenacious existence. At the outset, I was impressed by Stanza, just like it has the effect of turning pages, and the first use of IBooks, the heart a bit uncomfortable, because I am not satisfied with the effect of its page, feeling too fast; I occasionally open a basic useless Google books, because I like the effect of the page, And if it can open a local book, it might actually be the main reading app for my phone.

Why do people like flipping pages? 1. Long text scrolling lets people feel tired; 2. The page effect is very good imitation of the real world: When browsing a Web page on a PC, people even think that flipping pages is a distraction; but when reading on a gesture device, flipping the page is a more pure and relaxing experience, which is easier to match with traditional reading, The reading interface is also more realistic, making the page-turning effect a detail that people expect.

For the pages of the effect of persistent people, seems to be not a few, and this reading requirements are not limited to electronic books. Recently, the Wired site interviewed some developers and user experience experts to try to understand why people like to flip pages.

In a letter to Wired, Instapaper's developer, Marco Arment, said, "It has a strong appeal to many people." It is good for product demos and is particularly tactile. Recently, Marco Arment has added a page-flipping effect to its famous Instapaper for offline reading applications.

"It's obvious that flipping pages are manually added to the IPad and the IPhone, especially when the message content is a Web article that doesn't need to be page-flipping." "For me, the most ' real ' way to read online articles should be just scrolling," Arment said. But it is undeniable that I prefer paging. Long-text scrolling makes people feel tired.

Of course, there are some developers who don't value the page-flipping effect. In a conversation with Wired, some developers mentioned that IBooks's flip animations are overly ornate, require more time rendering, and are considered to show effects rather than functions.

Other developers try to take the middle route, such as Flipboard, when reading a page effect, but not like IBooks or Google books to try to approach the reality, but a very blunt page, although this is still a good visual effect.

For people who like the page-turning effect, a user experience expert who writes for designcaffeine his opinion.

"Flipping pages is a very attractive transition," says Greg Nudelman, "It's classic." It's perfect for browsing magazines, reading books, and consuming other forms of media, because it mimics the real world very well. "

One interesting problem is that when browsing a Web page on a computer, we don't really care about flipping pages or even thinking that it's a distraction, but in fact, there are very few sites that actually add page effects to the article. Perhaps the obsession with turning pages comes from the form of gesture devices. The reading on the gesture device is a more pure and relaxing experience, easier to correspond to the traditional reading, and a more realistic interface for reading applications, making the page-turning effect an expected detail.