New site design

[The MAZZTer]

Yeah they should be down there methinks... oops DCS made a boo-boo!

While he's at it, the tooltip "comic" on each comic is sort of repetitive Maybe he could make the tooltip be the comic name. *hint hint*

[Richard K Niner]

What tooltip?

[The MAZZTer]

A tooltip is a little bit of text that appears when you hold the mouse still over a specific area of the screen (IE the comic).

[Richard K Niner]

A tooltip is a little bit of text that appears when you hold the mouse still over a specific area of the screen (IE the comic).

I know what a tooltip is, but none of the comics yield any to me.

[Doc Sigma]

Then you're using a poor browser. The tooltip for an image should always be the img tag's alt attribute, if it is defined. For O&M, this is always simply "comic".

[baloki]

Then you're using a poor browser. The tooltip for an image should always be the img tag's alt attribute, if it is defined. For O&M, this is always simply "comic".

NONONONONONONONONONONONONO!

A tooltip should always be the title attribute, NEVER, EVER, EVER AN ALTERNATIVE TEXT ATTRIBUTE!

DEAR GOD, WHAT ARE THEY TEACHING YOUNGSTERS NOWADAYS :S

[Richard K Niner]

Then you're using a poor browser. The tooltip for an image should always be the img tag's alt attribute, if it is defined. For O&M, this is always simply "comic".

Oddly enough, the only browser that uses the alt attribute in that manner is IE, and only if the title attribute itself is undefined.

It should be pointed out the alt attribute is described as a replacement for the images (i.e. a placeholder for it in non-graphical browsers such as lynx), not a supplement.

[CodeCat]

Then you're using a poor browser. The tooltip for an image should always be the img tag's alt attribute, if it is defined. For O&M, this is always simply "comic".

NONONONONONONONONONONONONO!

A tooltip should always be the title attribute, NEVER, EVER, EVER AN ALTERNATIVE TEXT ATTRIBUTE!

DEAR GOD, WHAT ARE THEY TEACHING YOUNGSTERS NOWADAYS :S

I feel your pain...

[Mista_B]

It should be pointed out the alt attribute is described as a replacement for the images (i.e. a placeholder for it in non-graphical browsers such as lynx), not a supplement.

Thing is, a lot of people these days use it as exactly that, a supplement to the image. Anarchy!

[The MAZZTer]

Yeah. IE uses the alternative image text as a tooltip. Firefox uses the title attribute instead, reserving the alternative text as well... an ALTERNATIVE to the image. Innovation!

http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_img.asp

[Steve the Pocket]

Yeah they should be down there methinks... oops DCS made a boo-boo!

While he's at it, the tooltip "comic" on each comic is sort of repetitive Maybe he could make the tooltip be the comic name. *hint hint*

Wait, YOU use Internet Exploder? o_O That ain't good for your geek cred, man.

Also for the record, I take credit for introducing DCS to the TITLE attribute in the first place, thus bringing the Cast page quotes to the enlightened Firefox users of the world.

[Richard K Niner]

It should be pointed out the alt attribute is described as a replacement for the images (i.e. a placeholder for it in non-graphical browsers such as lynx), not a supplement.

Thing is, a lot of people these days use it as exactly that, a supplement to the image. Anarchy!

This is because nobody reads the specs, and instead tests it against their browser. Which, for the majority, is still Aiee! (which was what almost everyone used until a few years ago...)

[TravisFox]

Yeah they should be down there methinks... oops DCS made a boo-boo!

While he's at it, the tooltip "comic" on each comic is sort of repetitive Maybe he could make the tooltip be the comic name. *hint hint*

Wait, YOU use Internet Exploder? o_O That ain't good for your geek cred, man.

Also for the record, I take credit for introducing DCS to the TITLE attribute in the first place, thus bringing the Cast page quotes to the enlightened Firefox users of the world.

I never noticed the quotes on the cast page before...

Heee!

[The MAZZTer]

Found a slight bug.

The curved rectangle borders for the middle bit don't look right if the user isn't using the EXACT FONT at the EXACT SIZE specified in the page... notably, there is extra white space (not whitespace) below the bottom of the rectangle.

It's easiest to notice by increasing the font size, although I noticed it on Linux since it can't have all those silly proprietary fonts Microsoft has tricked everyone to using (or whatever the story is).