The image shows up only half.

Posted by: PeterV on February 2, 2003 06:09 PM

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Fixed.

Posted by: John S. Rhodes on February 2, 2003 06:10 PM

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what the fuck? its riddled with grammar errors and not funny. please don't bother with another one.

Posted by: on February 2, 2003 06:33 PM

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John, that totally whups a llama's ass! It wards my rock music off!
I nearly spit coffee through my nose. Love it, love it, love it.

Posted by: Adam on February 2, 2003 06:56 PM

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Nice!

Voice over starts:

"Stay tuned for the next exciting episode:

Will the users demand a heuristic evaluation? OR will the browser crash because it does not support Flash? ...

same webword time, same webword channel ..."

Music Fades

Posted by: daniel szuc on February 2, 2003 08:05 PM

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I can't say I understand the humor.

Are you saying graphic designers created the first text-only web site and the usability folk created the second graphical one?

In the revamped web site are we to assume the skullish design is crudely drawn? How do I determine that fact given the crudeness with which the two speaking characters are drawn? The skull design looks far superior in comparison. Or is that the point, that usability folk create cool looking web sites? Or is the dialogue unimportant, with the domain name being the punch line?

This comic makes my head hurt.

Posted by: Codex Chaos on February 2, 2003 08:27 PM

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Wait, I get it now. The cartoonist is a linux geek and we're all laughing because the cartoon characters are using Internet Explorer.

Posted by: Codex Chaos on February 2, 2003 08:29 PM

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http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=mastodons

"Any of several very large, extinct proboscidian mammals of the genus Mammut (sometimes Mastodon), resembling the elephant but having molar teeth of a different structure."

Extinct being the keyword here ?

Posted by: daniel szuc on February 2, 2003 11:52 PM

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Guatemalan. Insanity. Peppers.

Posted by: on February 3, 2003 12:30 AM

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Is this a comment on usability, because no one understands what is going on with the cartoon? Like, improving the usability of this cartoon is as simple as changing what they say?

Posted by: Lydia on February 3, 2003 01:03 AM

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I'm trying to figure out why those molecules are talking to each other.

Posted by: Rebus on February 3, 2003 01:31 AM

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Warning: the "Vote Now!" link in this entry points to a poll that tries to install the Xupiter toolbar. This is the same toolbar that John warned about in a post a few days ago.

Posted by: Joshua Kaufman on February 3, 2003 08:43 AM

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Joshua, thanks for posting a note about the poll. I guess I need to find a new, free poll service. I don't mind banner ads, but I can't stand the other crap.

Any suggestions for a good, free (ad supported) poll service?

Posted by: John S. Rhodes on February 3, 2003 08:57 AM

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Keep up the good work John. Some of these comments above are clear evidence that many usability people need to further develop their sense of humor.

Suggestion: if you need someone to explain this comic to you, then you need to quit reading so many CHI proceedings.

Posted by: Lyle - War Monger on February 3, 2003 06:21 PM

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Umm, I don't get it. And that tells me you should stop.

I don't read the CHI Proceedings, but I keep up on usability issues. I'm a web developer and work with several different languages. I also have a dry sense of humor that people generally find amusing

I honestly have no idea what this strip is talking about and I certainly don't see even a smidge of humor. I've pondered it from all of the angles I can think of and I'm still completely at a loss.

Posted by: bbrown on February 3, 2003 07:17 PM

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It helps if you imagine me standing in front of an audience saying, "Web site design. What's up with that?"

Kudos to anyone who anyone who remembers that episode.

Posted by: Cliff Claven on February 3, 2003 09:18 PM

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