Reading again
June Lester takes on the question of reading on screens (see "Web Writing"), arguing that "most of us don't read onscreen, we scan". Of course, people scan on paper, too! Her interesting note on ergonomics highlights another important aspect of reading on screens: people may tolerate unreasonable discomfort in their workspace if the discomfort arises incrementally or has always been there.
I worked for years on a 14" monitor, graduating to a 17" display only last year. The monitor was adequate when new. Over the years, the monitor grew worse and worse, and the state of the art grew better and better. But the change was gradual; only when the monitor threatened to break completely did I declare, "This is intolerable!"