?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Designing+an+interface+to+optimize+reading+with+small+display+windows&rft.creator=Rahman%2C+Tarjin&rft.creator=Muter%2C+Paul&rft.subject=Applied+Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=The+extent+of+electronic+presentation+of+text+in+small+display+windows+is+mushrooming.+In+the+present+paper%2C+4+ways+of+presenting+text+in+a+small+display+window+were+examined+and+compared+with+a+normal+page+condition%3A+rapid+serial+visual+presentation+(RSVP)%2C+RSVP+with+a+completion+meter%2C+sentence-by-sentence+presentation%2C+and+sentence-by-sentence+presentation+with+a+completion+meter.+Dependent+measures+were+reading+efficiency+(speed+and+comprehension)+and+preference.+For+designers+of+hardware+or+software+with+small+display+windows%2C+the+results+suggest+the+following%3A+(a)+Though+RSVP+is+disliked+by+readers%2C+the+present+methods+of+allowing+self-pacing+and+regressions+in+RSVP+are+efficient+and+feasible%2C+unlike+earlier+tested+methods%3B+(b)+slower+reading+in+RSVP+should+be+achieved+by+increasing+pauses+between+sentences+or+by+repeating+sentences%2C+not+by+decreasing+the+presentation+rate+within+a+sentence%3B+(c)+completion+meters+do+not+interfere+with+performance+and+are+usually+preferred%3B+(d)+the+space-saving+sentence-by-sentence+format+is+as+efficient+and+as+preferred+as+the+normal+page+format.&rft.date=1999-03&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F832%2F1%2FRandM99.htm&rft.identifier=++Rahman%2C+Tarjin+and+Muter%2C+Paul++(1999)+Designing+an+interface+to+optimize+reading+with+small+display+windows.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F832%2F