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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | [[Randall]] is writing a letter to his grandmother on a typewriter, thanking her for taking him and at least one other person on a trip. However, due to a habit he's developed from using a computer for so long, Randall inadvertently litters the letter with | + | [[Randall]] is writing a letter to his grandmother on a typewriter, thanking her for taking him and at least one other person on a trip. However, due to a habit he's developed from using a computer for so long, Randall inadvertently litters the letter with website URLs. As if through muscle memory, Randall periodically attempts to check the latest news by pressing a combination involving the Tab key, typing the URL of a specific website, then pressing a combination using the Tab key again. |
− | + | While the ''CTRL-TAB'' keyboard combination switches to another browser tab, like it does in {{w|Firefox}} there is only a simple ''TAB'' key on an old fashioned typewriter. Pressing that simple key doesn't switch to another screen, it just moves the platen to the next tab stop, leaving a wide space before the next typing on the same piece of paper. So the key combination that, on a computer, would satisfy his somewhat hyperactive impulses, is dramatically different on a typewriter where that key instead causes movement of th platen. So, he hits the tab key, types a URL, and hits the tab key again right in the middle of his letter. It also shows Randall's love of news and information websites. | |
− | The title text references that Randall's real grandmothers, upon seeing this comic, might feel bad that he doesn't write to them at all — not even poorly-written letters like in the comic. To remedy this, he writes a brief thank you note to his grandmothers | + | The title text references that Randall's real grandmothers, upon seeing this comic, might feel bad that he doesn't write to them at all — not even poorly-written letters like in the comic. To remedy this, he writes a brief thank you note to his grandmothers which includes also one ''CTRL-TAB'' combination. |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:I didn't realize how bad my habit of tabbing to Firefox every few seconds to check news sites had gotten until I tried writing on a typewriter. | :I didn't realize how bad my habit of tabbing to Firefox every few seconds to check news sites had gotten until I tried writing on a typewriter. | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Randall Munroe]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Randall Munroe]] | ||
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