Comments on: Project Management Explained

By: Lewy

Lewy — Thu, 28 May 2009 22:28:11 +0000

@Jonta: can you say sth more? I didn’t read The Guide and have a feeling I’m missing some reference in this strip..

By: Jonta

Jonta — Mon, 25 May 2009 11:45:18 +0000

Has noone yet commented on the Douglas Adams-reference.

By: etb

etb — Mon, 25 May 2009 08:49:10 +0000

@zoid, I always wondered why xkcd does not put the line inside the “alternative” text of the picture. It would solve the problem with text only browsers.

But my point is I am happy to see that someone cares about making accessible sites. I also seldom use technically impaired browser and with my dismay lots of sites do not work well.

By: seasciscisk

seasciscisk — Sun, 24 May 2009 20:29:27 +0000

Hi, discriminative posts there :-) thank’s recompense the gripping word

By: k

Sun, 24 May 2009 16:21:14 +0000

@zoid. the transcriptions have stopped coming to my reader since 2nd may. so if i were a visually impaired person i would just get to read that stupid one-line..thats rude.

By: zoid

zoid — Sun, 24 May 2009 13:53:43 +0000

@etb, that xkcd interface is (besides the reasons MyValdez already pointed out) not accessible for impaired people (either technically or physically). Sometimes I use lynx myself – which is an obvious bad choice to read webcomics – but a good choice to read websites if you only have a terminal (except these websites use asshole-javascript, asshole-flash or even worse asshole-java).

By: Daedalus

Daedalus — Sun, 24 May 2009 12:26:47 +0000

I just found this comic…
It’s very interesting, but I think the real Randall is better with hardware than software.
Although he has been known to hack together some pretty awesome stuff…

By: k

Sun, 24 May 2009 10:12:16 +0000

@MrValdez: OH MY GOD. There is no paper in Star Wars Universe??? That is sooo kewl. I totally get the smart ass remarks now.

By: etb

etb — Sun, 24 May 2009 08:25:06 +0000

I am afraid there is something wrong with your settings, 5 seconds is unbearably long time to see the tooltip.

By: MrValdez

MrValdez — Sun, 24 May 2009 02:21:14 +0000

@k Its an extra out-of-band information. It doesn’t need to be in the comic because it talks about something that doesn’t actually belong in the comic’s universe but is nice to know. I would rather have that comment outside the comic than in the actual comic, fighting for comic space.

Also, out-of-band information is common in other media. Do you know that there is no paper in the Star Wars universe? You don’t? Well, now you know. Its not that important to put in the movies but its nice to know.

@etb, imho, that interface has always been horrible. I read comics on Opera’s RSS reader. Whenever xkcd comics arrives (or other comics who copied that interface, for that matter), I have to view the feed’s source code so I could read the actual comment. Its an unnecessary hassle.

tip: viewing the source code, /title= is faster than pointing and waiting for 5 seconds.