yatt
May 13th, 2007, 09:11 PM
From the comic xkcd (http://xkcd.com/). On their about page, they answered a question about tooltips for their images not showing up in full (each comic has a tooltip with a comment related to the comic). Anyways, where was the author's solution to the problem:
Why can't I read the whole comic mouseover text in Firefox?
They can be read with extensions like Long Titles (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1715/). This is a bug in Firefox, Mozilla Bug #45375 (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45375). It has been outstanding for many years now. Both Ryan North (Dinosaur Comics) and I have contacted the developers to let them know how many of our readers it affects and to see if there's anything we can do to help with a fix (offering money or programmers). They repeatedly told us to go away and/or shut up, with some developers saying they'd withold a fix because we were complaining. I've of course learned to be way more cautious about offering to help out with an open-source project. You may want to check out Opera (http://www.opera.com/) or Internet Explorer (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.mspx).
Note: It looks like this has been fixed in SeaMonkey. I suppose eventually the fix will migrate over to Firefox.
Get an extension or get a different browser, because the developers will not fix it. Did anyone here think that they would be so hostile after being offered money and/or manpower?
Why can't I read the whole comic mouseover text in Firefox?
They can be read with extensions like Long Titles (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1715/). This is a bug in Firefox, Mozilla Bug #45375 (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45375). It has been outstanding for many years now. Both Ryan North (Dinosaur Comics) and I have contacted the developers to let them know how many of our readers it affects and to see if there's anything we can do to help with a fix (offering money or programmers). They repeatedly told us to go away and/or shut up, with some developers saying they'd withold a fix because we were complaining. I've of course learned to be way more cautious about offering to help out with an open-source project. You may want to check out Opera (http://www.opera.com/) or Internet Explorer (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.mspx).
Note: It looks like this has been fixed in SeaMonkey. I suppose eventually the fix will migrate over to Firefox.
Get an extension or get a different browser, because the developers will not fix it. Did anyone here think that they would be so hostile after being offered money and/or manpower?