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I do a lot of reading on my computer. Beween my eyes and my over-active mind it can be tough to stay focused. Today while reading a Flex book my mind wandered back to an excerpt I'd read from How to Read a Book. The author mentioned that you can help train your eyes to move faster and more consistently by tracking along on the page with your finger. I thought about using the cursor, but it seemed too small and was distracting in it's own right.
I don't do this often, but when I have tried to use something as a reading aid it's usually an 3x5 notecard or piece of paper to mask out some of the content so I can focus on just the sentence or two at hand. That's when I thought of FreeRuler for Mac OS X. In the past I've used this handy little tool to measure pixels when on-screen positioning was key. Turns out it works great as a reading guide! And not only can I drag it around with my mouse, it supports the up/down arrow keys for small movements and shift-up/shift-down for larger jumps. Excellent!
P.S. I'm sure there's something similar out there for you Windows folks too.
I don't do this often, but when I have tried to use something as a reading aid it's usually an 3x5 notecard or piece of paper to mask out some of the content so I can focus on just the sentence or two at hand. That's when I thought of FreeRuler for Mac OS X. In the past I've used this handy little tool to measure pixels when on-screen positioning was key. Turns out it works great as a reading guide! And not only can I drag it around with my mouse, it supports the up/down arrow keys for small movements and shift-up/shift-down for larger jumps. Excellent!
P.S. I'm sure there's something similar out there for you Windows folks too.
