Ineffable Wingbolt Erebus the Black Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 open in different browsers: http://www.xkcd.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Soul of Wit Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Umwelt |OOM velt| noun ( pl. -welten ) (in ethology) the world as it is experienced by a particular organism. ORIGIN German, literally ‘environment.’ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Actaeon Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 I am finally rewarded for having four different browsers on my computer! (Edit: Well, three. Opera and Safari have the same one.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast keira Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Originally Posted By: Actaeon (Edit: Well, three. Opera and Safari have the same one.) Nuh-uh. Opera and Safari have two different rendering engines. It's safari and chrome that have the same one (webkit) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Soul of Wit Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 I tried the last version of IE (for the Mac,) and it was unable to render the comic itself. I can't believe I still have a copy of it, or that it still runs at all. It uses the Bondi blue theme that was all the rage on the Mac, back in the original iMac days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Actaeon Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Bad sentence structure on my part, there. I meant, Sylae, that Opera and Safari display the same version of xkcd, while Chrome and Firefox have different ones. Market share wise, that probably makes sense. Does the latest IE for Windows show a different one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Erebus the Black Posted April 1, 2012 Author Share Posted April 1, 2012 If you check the forums you'll see it's not only about the browser but also about if you are viewing it from Chicago, Alaska or Israel, it seems like there are at least a dozen different pages, if not more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Aran Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Opera and Firefox show the same thing for me. Chromium shows something different. I don't have access to IE sadly(?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 "Error: Internet Explorer has given up." Dikiyoba can't really blame it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Tyranicus Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Changing my user agent in Safari to Internet Explorer does not result in a different comic. This does work for changing it to Firefox, so I believe IE does not have its own comic. I'm too lazy to boot into Windows to find that out for sure. I would also point out, as someone who works in tech support and deals with people using IE on a daily basis, that it has come a long way since IE 6, which was in fact terrible. IE 8 and IE 9 are in fact really good web browsers now, and they are used by a large percentage of the population. When I am using Windows, I actually do use Internet Explorer because it is good enough to display webpages, which is really all you need out of a browser. If I used Windows as my primary operating system, I might feel differently, but I think a large amount of the IE hate among the technical elite stems from not using any version of IE since IE 6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Slawbug Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 I wonder if it has one for Netscape browsers, or Lynx? I suspect it's mostly location-based, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast keira Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 lynx, links, and elinks all do jack diddly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Actaeon Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 How does Lynx even display images? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Rowen Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Why would you have more then one browser on your computer? I just got one that works for me (Chrome) and don't bother getting anything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast keira Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Originally Posted By: Actaeon How does Lynx even display images? It doesn't. Originally Posted By: uǝʍoɹ Why would you have more then one browser on your computer? I just got one that works for me (Chrome) and don't bother getting anything else. Because variety is good. I personally use Firefox almost-exclusively, but I still keep chrone handy for whatever reason, usually to test website-compatibility or some such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Soul of Wit Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Personally, my animus towards IE is based upon the fact that people still code web pages (and web-based tools/apps) to only work with IE. I do have the latest version on my Windows partition. I only fire up IE when required by the task at hand. I always complain to the source. If I were feeling ambitious, I would set up a proxy or two and see if I could convince the comic that I had traveled trough space (but not time) to view it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Soul of Wit Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Originally Posted By: upside-down rowen Why would you have more then one browser on your computer? The most obvious reason is to deal with situations where you chosen browser fails to load the web page in question. Sometimes, even changing the user agent is not enough to fool the site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast keira Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 If a website requires you to use IE then why would you visit that website. Honestly if you feel obligated to have that bug/security-ridden mess installed then you need to re-evaluate something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Tyranicus Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Originally Posted By: uǝʍoɹ Why would you have more then one browser on your computer? I just got one that works for me (Chrome) and don't bother getting anything else. According to your User Agent, you are using a Windows PC, so technically, you have two browsers, since Internet Explorer is built into Windows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Soul of Wit Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Originally Posted By: Sylae If a website requires you to use IE then why would you visit that website. Honestly if you feel obligated to have that bug/security-ridden mess installed then you need to re-evaluate something. One example is the time when I had to take a web-based test to apply for a position. The test only worked in Windows, in IE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Actaeon Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 a) So you can let someone else browse without them logging you out or closing your tabs by mistake. So you can use two accounts at once to, for instance, set up forwarding. c) In case you accidentally delete one. d) In case one gets buggy. e) If you run a web site and like to make sure it's running well on several interfaces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall In Half Now Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 The program we use at work is IE based - you can't actually use it on an another browser. Actually, there's two programs, but the other one usually works okay in Firefox. But yeah I usually have to have both browsers on, because both programs are needed. I could use just IE, but... :| At home I'm still using this old Windows PC, so IE is ... around. I prefer Firefox though. And for some reason my brother once installed Opera here and I've never gotten around to uninstalling it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Rowen Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Originally Posted By: Tyranicus Originally Posted By: uǝʍoɹ Why would you have more then one browser on your computer? I just got one that works for me (Chrome) and don't bother getting anything else. According to your User Agent, you are using a Windows PC, so technically, you have two browsers, since Internet Explorer is built into Windows. Is there a way to uninstall IE from windows with out windows crying? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Tyranicus Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Originally Posted By: uǝʍoɹ Originally Posted By: Tyranicus Originally Posted By: uǝʍoɹ Why would you have more then one browser on your computer? I just got one that works for me (Chrome) and don't bother getting anything else. According to your User Agent, you are using a Windows PC, so technically, you have two browsers, since Internet Explorer is built into Windows. Is there a way to uninstall IE from windows with out windows crying? Technically you can remove it from Programs and Features in the Control Panel, but all that really does is remove the shortcuts to it. It will still be on your computer because Windows uses the same engine for Windows Explorer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Rowen Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Click to reveal.. Originally Posted By: Tyranicus Originally Posted By: uǝʍoɹ Originally Posted By: Tyranicus Why would you have more then one browser on your computer? I just got one that works for me (Chrome) and don't bother getting anything else. According to your User Agent, you are using a Windows PC, so technically, you have two browsers, since Internet Explorer is built into Windows. Is there a way to uninstall IE from windows with out windows crying? Technically you can remove it from Programs and Features in the Control Panel, but all that really does is remove the shortcuts to it. It will still be on your computer because Windows uses the same engine for Windows Explorer. Curses, and I really thought I had rid myself if it. Its like the herpes of windows, always there even when you think its gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Aran Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Windows is the herpes of Windows. There is an effective solution that involves a penguin. Other than that, you can just leave it be and use another browser; it won't hurt just by being there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Callie Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 So is the website's layout supposed to different depending on the browsers? I'm too lazy to download another browser or switch over to my Windows partition to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Actaeon Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Not just the layout, but the comic itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Goldengirl Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Originally Posted By: Actaeon Not just the layout, but the comic itself. Actually, it seemed to me that the layout stayed the same, and only the comic changed. I wasn't paying too close attention to the layout, though, so I may be mistaken. Internet Explorer gave up trying to display the comic. Firefox had a snake extending through several panels, and going in and out of the portals from Portal. Chrome had people looking at the aurora borealis and saying that they were normal clouds. My smartphone said "There does not exist - nor could there ever exist - a plugin capable of displaying this content." Any other variations? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Callie Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Safari simply displays a round portal or celestial body of some sort in a single frame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Actaeon Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 I meant the "just" as in "not so boring as that". It doesn't change for me. Perhaps the forums have the complete collection? I'm seeing different ones from those described. (Unsurprising, since only Iffy and Sylae that I know of are in my time zone.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Celtic Minstrel Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 http://www.reddit.com/r/comics/comments/rnpiw/mindboggling_xkcd_april_fools_comic/c47927k As of when I last loaded that page (maybe half an hour ago), there were two in the comments that aren't compiled at the top; a "Google corporate security" one and a "Rockmelt" one. Maybe they'll be complied by the time you read this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 The iPad app I use to follow xkcd just flat-out refuses to show anything; all I get is the previous comic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Tyranicus Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Originally Posted By: nikki. The iPad app I use to follow xkcd just flat-out refuses to show anything; all I get is the previous comic. That app is probably designed to check xkcd on its regular days: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 Maybe, though I did get a notification saying that there was a new comic available, and the app did at least attempt to load it before just displaying the previous one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Celtic Minstrel Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 The comic relies on javascript, so maybe that's why? I know that it showed the previous one when I turned Javascript off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast The Mystic Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 I got this comic in Firefox, and this one in IE. I don't feel like downloading another browser(s) to see what else I'd get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Soul of Wit Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 My favorite, found via reddit... Thank You for Your Service Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk The Loquacious Lord Grimm Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 Originally Posted By: Sylae If a website requires you to use IE then why would you visit that website. Honestly if you feel obligated to have that bug/security-ridden mess installed then you need to re-evaluate something. Because the web platform of the company that hires you for consultations doesn't let you log in and work if you're not using IE7, or IE8 in compatibility mode, has problems loading in IE9 compatibility mode? _________________________ The Silent Assassin's favorite browser is the kind that will stand there with a glassy-eyed look and just kinda wish for everything. They make for fun sport, and even better in large crowds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Actaeon Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 My favorites: That I can see myself: Firefox. That I've seen posted elsewhere: Military ISP. Edit: Rather than being redundant, I encourage you all to check out the xkcd forum. They've found a lot of them, including some that only show up if you're referred by Wikipedia or Twitter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curious Artila Thousand Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 ^ Also the real Reddit one. And 4chan. And Questionable Content! All of which I went looking for because I could only see the warning ones in various browsers, and no actual comics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Actaeon Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 Posts: 8. Registered: April 19, 2002. Thousand, I think you win the "Quiet Long Presences" award. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 Originally Posted By: Actaeon Posts: 8. Registered: April 19, 2002. Thousand, I think you win the "Quiet Long Presences" award. It was probably created by some other, active member as a gimmick account for the user number 1000, but then lost that status after the board switch. Dunno whose it is, though. EDIT: Oh, Riibu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Celtic Minstrel Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 Originally Posted By: Actaeon Edit: Rather than being redundant, I encourage you all to check out the xkcd forum. They've found a lot of them, including some that only show up if you're referred by Wikipedia or Twitter. The reddit thread I linked earlier has more, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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