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In this comic [[Megan]] is handling the book gingerly as if it were a device with a touchscreen where the book is displayed as an infinite scrolling text. Touching a link would navigate away from the list and the current reading position would be lost. | In this comic [[Megan]] is handling the book gingerly as if it were a device with a touchscreen where the book is displayed as an infinite scrolling text. Touching a link would navigate away from the list and the current reading position would be lost. | ||
β | In the title text it is an ironic suggestion that the "back" button is now useless. The back-button is supposed to give you this functionality but due to the failure to implement continuous scrolling sites and deep-linking correctly they are typically useless when the user is reading infinite-scrolling data (or worse, flat-out counterproductive, giving you the wrong page) | + | In the title text it is an ironic suggestion that the "back" button is now useless. The back-button is supposed to give you this functionality but due to the failure to implement continuous scrolling sites and deep-linking correctly they are typically useless when the user is reading infinite-scrolling data (or worse, flat-out counterproductive, giving you the wrong page). |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
β | :[Megan | + | :[Megan is standing over a book, turning the pages very carefully by touching only the edges. Cueball is standing behind Megan.] |
:Cueball: Why are you turning the pages like that? | :Cueball: Why are you turning the pages like that? | ||
:Megan: If I touch the wrong thing, I'll lose my place and have to start over. | :Megan: If I touch the wrong thing, I'll lose my place and have to start over. | ||
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:If books worked like infinite-scrolling webpages | :If books worked like infinite-scrolling webpages | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} |