Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Questions: Week 4


From the McCloud reading:

1) The authors mentions that the photograph requires little cognition - it is received as pure visual input. Do you agree with this? Don't our minds still have to go through the recognition process?

2) The point is brought out that cartoons often focus our attention through simplification. Do find that a more enjoyable experience in comic book reading or do you feel a need for a higher complexity?

3) Since icons are an easier association to the idea it's abstractly representing - do you think that's why user interfaces (i.e. Mac desktop) are easier to navigate than textual-based (i.e. Windows) ones?

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