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Re: Show HN: a web-based xkcd-style comix editor

#31

Here's my problem. It works, fairly well. But I spent about 15 minutes doing one panel, trying to figure out the minor nuances. I kept thinking to myself "I could do a whole comic in about 5 minutes in photoshop" as I adjusted the person's location, arm, speech, etc (and that was just modifying the characters that were already in the scene). In the end it was just not worth it in my mind. Also, imagine creating somet…

I like this, but it's difficult to use and I expect that only the WYSIWYG will be a success. (Drag some control points, like foots or knees.)

But on another hand, some things are more complicated that one expects. Can you really draw well enough? Can you share an example of a xkcd-style comic?

Re: Show HN: a web-based xkcd-style comix editor

#32
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"STOP! WebKit is required here. The Comix Editor was tested under Chrome. It uses some webkit-specific tricks." WebKit - the new IE.

A warning is fine, but I just hate it when a site doesn't even let me try in another browser. I use Firefox Nightly, maybe it fixed the issues that are breaking your app? If you're detecting via user agent, what if I use an odd user agent? What if I want to look at the web console to see just what breaks in case I know what the issue is?

> I use Firefox Nightly, maybe it fixed the issues that are breaking your app?

If it's using -webkit prefixed CSS, that's pretty unlikely.

> What if I want to look at the web console to see just what breaks in case I know what the issue is?

Anyone interested in doing that should be well aware of how to spoof a user agent.

Re: Show HN: a web-based xkcd-style comix editor

#36
This is neat!

Unfortunately, the editor does not work for me. It makes Chrome crash the page :(

I'm running Chrome 24.0.1312.69 on one of those new Dell XPS 13 Ubuntu machines running 12.04.2 LTS. Is there any other information you'd want for debugging, or pages to try?

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