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Max Krieger ∈ BOS
@maxkriegers
hopefully will have a responsive (& accessible, highlightable) authoring tool prototype for this format in the coming months!
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@Mappletons
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1/ Rereading @maxkriegers "Chatting with Glue" piece this morning. Still a classic. Wish there were way more visual-spatial essays around the web. I think we get hung up on calling them "comics." Comics are a distinct visual culture people believe requires drawing skills twitter.com/maxkriegers/st…
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@Mappletons
So glad you're working on that! Such a tricky situation that if folks don't know how to code the medium of the web is very limiting. Learning enough CSS, SVG & JS to make interactive visuals is non-trivial. More accessible tools certainly part of the solution.
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Max Krieger ∈ BOS
@maxkriegers
Even with the full power of CSS, it's incredibly difficult to make these layouts responsive!! hoping to explore more soon:
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(1/??) Been thinking with @glitchyowl about dynamic comic authoring for the browser. By dynamic I mean semi-interactive and responsive. By comic-for-browser I mean content laid out in scrollable narrative form. Beyond the panel grid and more serpentine. mobile.twitter.com/glitchyowl/sta
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Eli Parra 🌊🌊🌊
@elzr
I have mixed feelings about responsiveness. Digital text is a paste, squeezable to fit any container width —magically convenient & useful, but forsaking the beauty of spatiality. Would love better tradeoffs, like your serpentine flow, but I can see why it's incredibly hard! 🐍💛
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Agreed, it feels like there's an irreconcilable issue between spatial communication and variable screen sizes. There's only so much you can do to make a composition work from 340px all the way up to 1200+ Also, Gigantic Beard That Was Evil is such a stellar piece 😍
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