I dislike watching videos, as they are synchronous (i.e., require a set amount of time to watch, which is generally more than it would take to read the same material) and not random access (i.e., I cannot easily skim them for a certain section).
Agreed thoroughly. They also demand all of my attention at once, and if I want to pause to do something else, it’s harder to find my place and catch up again (I can’t just glance up a couple of sentences). Plus they require fiddly mouse controls and are relatively resource-intensive, neither of which is any fun on a netbook.
I dislike watching videos, as they are synchronous (i.e., require a set amount of time to watch, which is generally more than it would take to read the same material) and not random access (i.e., I cannot easily skim them for a certain section).
Agreed thoroughly. They also demand all of my attention at once, and if I want to pause to do something else, it’s harder to find my place and catch up again (I can’t just glance up a couple of sentences). Plus they require fiddly mouse controls and are relatively resource-intensive, neither of which is any fun on a netbook.