If the surface has a limited size and additional surfaces must be created to hold all of the content, the media is said to be paginated. Computer screens are continuous and printed pages are paginated. We will talk about paginated media later in this chapter. If the user must use their ears to consume the content, then the media is said to be aural . If the user must use touch to consume the content, then the media is said to be tactile .
Computer screens are visual, aural browsers are aural, and Braille printers are tactile.
Grid or bitmap media refers to how the visual or tactile information is rendered. Interactive or static media refers to whether the user can interact with the content. As would be expected, when the user can interact with the content, the media is said to be interactive. When the user cannot interact with the content, the media is said to be static. Computer screens are said to be interactive and printed pages are said to be static.