On: Show HN: Ditch Black Text to Read Faster, Easier

[burgeralarm]

The testing methodology is quite flawed (at least for the reading speed test on the site). It asks you to read a passage with BeeReader to start out. When you're done, you're presented with questions about the passage before reading a non-BeeReader passage.

The catch is, you will almost certainly read the second passage slower than the first, since you're now looking to retain information for the questions!

The colored passages _feel_ faster, but I'm not sure that counts for much.

[woebtz → burgeralarm]

My test presented the non-BeeReader passage before the BeeReader version, so there's definitely some randomization going on.

Perhaps the aggregate A/B numbers make a more compelling case for using BeeReader?

I wonder if the color combo choice has any affect on the speed/comprehension of the text.

[calipast → burgeralarm]

Actually, the test randomizes whether you get black&white first or Beeline first.

[qu4z-2 → burgeralarm]

It did tell you it was gonna ask questions. Anecdotally I read the second paragraph faster because I had an idea of the difficulty-level of the questions involved. (ie not very)