Why do people like flipping pages?

Although there is little time to read now, http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/8271.html "> Reading software is still the essential software in my smartphone." Since the Android 2.x era, the reading software has been used is Aldiko, because the interface is good, intuitive operation, support to read SD card, enough to meet my intermittent reading process. Now, in the Android 4.0 era, its interface has lagged behind, but it still exists on my phone because I still don't have a more appropriate application to replace it.

Although Aldiko with me for such a long time, but the resentment of it has been there, that is, it does not turn the page effect. To read the effect of the page-flipping, seems to have no reason, but has been tenacious existence. The original impression of Stanza, is like it has the effect of turning the page, the first use of iBooks, the heart of a little uncomfortable, is not too satisfied with the effect of its page, feeling too fast; occasionally open a basic useless Google books, because like its page effect, if it can open the local book, Maybe it will be my main reading application.

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.

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Source: http://www.ifanr.com/87993