Is Mobile Layout more suitable to read? A comparison between mobile and web page layouts

Abstract

This study aims to and user attitude toward reading news via website and mobile application and to compare the difference of usability test of three functions including news-seeking, font adjusting and news reading. The results showed that there are significant differences on users’ performances of news-seeking and font adjusting between two layouts but no difference on news reading. In conclusion, this paper provides suggestions to usability improvement for news reading with different technology applications.