Ah, I loved it before and I love it again. How wonderful that a new generation of kiddies will be able to enjoy this epic tale.
Andy 25 June 2004, 04:17 AM
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You can finally see what Alexia looks like. This should be the penultimate episode.
Jack 25 June 2004, 04:43 AM
3
Wicked Andy. I love it. As Tom said, still as funny as it ever was.
Anyway, any plans for a sequel?
Tom 25 June 2004, 08:08 AM
4
As I commented in some fan mail to her, Alexia is hot stuff. Though her chin is slightly manly. But those ears, my goodness, those fine ears…
Jack 25 June 2004, 09:22 AM
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And her tits, obviously.
Jack 25 June 2004, 09:25 AM
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Incidentally Tom, personally I would find it useful to have like a numbered links to each page in addition to the next/previous. Obviously few things on grapefruit are of any length at all, but I just found myself wanting to read a particulary funny part and have to click next repeatedly, when I’m fairly sure I could have guessed the page it was on.
Anyway, it is hardly a critisism, just I thought you know, if you were bored it’s something you could do. You are always asking :)
Shannon 25 June 2004, 02:16 PM
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Isn’t that what the drop-down box at the top right of the articles with the numbers 1 - 13 and ‘go’ is for.. ? :)
Tom 25 June 2004, 03:21 PM
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I think Shannon’s on the money here. Do you have a particular aversion to drop-down boxes?
Jack 25 June 2004, 03:39 PM
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How am I supposed to notice the box when it is positioned so close to those breasts? I’m sure there is an industry standard for that somewhere… it’s something like 5cm minimum spacing or something.
In any case, while useful now that I know it’s there, I actually meant something, well, identical to the page system we use for the comments. It fricking rocks. It looks awesome, and it’s only one click to get to any page (as opposed to three with the box). Maybe one of them down the bottom next to the next/previous.
For lots of pages just do what most forums do and have like << < 3 4 5 6 > >> sort of thing happening - hopefully you’ll know what I mean. I just think it’s more intuitive to have like actions grouped together.
Anyway this isn’t some vain attempt to salvage some pride because it isn’t - just a suggestion, which probably is so minor it isn’t even worth mentioning. The main arguement for it I suppose is that it’s already the established ‘standard’ on Grapefruit, and it would nice to be consistent. Not that I pay for the site anymore, so feel free to tell me to shut up Tom :)
Anyway I’ve strayed ridiculously off topic - I apologise. Please let us all talk about Andy’s story, not the page system. I’m interested to hear the opinions of people who haven’t read it. I have a sneaking suspicion that none of our overseas friends visit here anymore.
Tom 26 June 2004, 02:42 AM
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Jess visits - you saw how quickly she responded to my weblog when I whinged that she hadn’t reviewed Azkaban yet…
The page system for the fiction was developed way before the comments pages. I could try something but there are a lot of pages, you see, and things could get messy. I’m just not sure that people will be that desperate to jump to random pages when reading fiction.
But I’m glad the comments page system is awesome!
Jack 26 June 2004, 05:43 AM
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There are bound to be alien cultures that like you know, read all the odd pages first and then go backwards through the even pages. I’m statistically it is possible, if you are willing to believe my house could spontaneously transform into a pumpkin.
Anyway I’m glad Jess visits - didn’t stop her from not giving feedback to our NTGF stuff though. Maybe she has. I’m going to look..
Jack 26 June 2004, 05:48 AM
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Sadly that “documentary feedback” you requested is still hiding. No matter. Apart from that I’m fine and er.. feeling statistically apparently. I should learn to type I think.
Tom 26 June 2004, 07:03 AM
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You’ll notice that I don’t take along a pumpkin-chopping knife when I visit your house - nor will I put these nifty page numbers on the fiction pages. Well, I might but not today. I still need to get around to stopping the things from bouncing in ‘formal’ style.
And, yes, good story again Andy. I loved the songs.
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Tom
25 June 2004, 02:34 AM
Ah, I loved it before and I love it again. How wonderful that a new generation of kiddies will be able to enjoy this epic tale.
Andy
25 June 2004, 04:17 AM
You can finally see what Alexia looks like. This should be the penultimate episode.
Jack
25 June 2004, 04:43 AM
Wicked Andy. I love it. As Tom said, still as funny as it ever was.
Anyway, any plans for a sequel?
Tom
25 June 2004, 08:08 AM
As I commented in some fan mail to her, Alexia is hot stuff. Though her chin is slightly manly. But those ears, my goodness, those fine ears…
Jack
25 June 2004, 09:22 AM
And her tits, obviously.
Jack
25 June 2004, 09:25 AM
Incidentally Tom, personally I would find it useful to have like a numbered links to each page in addition to the next/previous. Obviously few things on grapefruit are of any length at all, but I just found myself wanting to read a particulary funny part and have to click next repeatedly, when I’m fairly sure I could have guessed the page it was on.
Anyway, it is hardly a critisism, just I thought you know, if you were bored it’s something you could do. You are always asking :)
Shannon
25 June 2004, 02:16 PM
Isn’t that what the drop-down box at the top right of the articles with the numbers 1 - 13 and ‘go’ is for.. ? :)
Tom
25 June 2004, 03:21 PM
I think Shannon’s on the money here. Do you have a particular aversion to drop-down boxes?
Jack
25 June 2004, 03:39 PM
How am I supposed to notice the box when it is positioned so close to those breasts? I’m sure there is an industry standard for that somewhere… it’s something like 5cm minimum spacing or something.
In any case, while useful now that I know it’s there, I actually meant something, well, identical to the page system we use for the comments. It fricking rocks. It looks awesome, and it’s only one click to get to any page (as opposed to three with the box). Maybe one of them down the bottom next to the next/previous.
For lots of pages just do what most forums do and have like << < 3 4 5 6 > >> sort of thing happening - hopefully you’ll know what I mean. I just think it’s more intuitive to have like actions grouped together.
Anyway this isn’t some vain attempt to salvage some pride because it isn’t - just a suggestion, which probably is so minor it isn’t even worth mentioning. The main arguement for it I suppose is that it’s already the established ‘standard’ on Grapefruit, and it would nice to be consistent. Not that I pay for the site anymore, so feel free to tell me to shut up Tom :)
Anyway I’ve strayed ridiculously off topic - I apologise. Please let us all talk about Andy’s story, not the page system. I’m interested to hear the opinions of people who haven’t read it. I have a sneaking suspicion that none of our overseas friends visit here anymore.
Tom
26 June 2004, 02:42 AM
Jess visits - you saw how quickly she responded to my weblog when I whinged that she hadn’t reviewed Azkaban yet…
The page system for the fiction was developed way before the comments pages. I could try something but there are a lot of pages, you see, and things could get messy. I’m just not sure that people will be that desperate to jump to random pages when reading fiction.
But I’m glad the comments page system is awesome!
Jack
26 June 2004, 05:43 AM
There are bound to be alien cultures that like you know, read all the odd pages first and then go backwards through the even pages. I’m statistically it is possible, if you are willing to believe my house could spontaneously transform into a pumpkin.
Anyway I’m glad Jess visits - didn’t stop her from not giving feedback to our NTGF stuff though. Maybe she has. I’m going to look..
Jack
26 June 2004, 05:48 AM
Sadly that “documentary feedback” you requested is still hiding. No matter. Apart from that I’m fine and er.. feeling statistically apparently. I should learn to type I think.
Tom
26 June 2004, 07:03 AM
You’ll notice that I don’t take along a pumpkin-chopping knife when I visit your house - nor will I put these nifty page numbers on the fiction pages. Well, I might but not today. I still need to get around to stopping the things from bouncing in ‘formal’ style.
And, yes, good story again Andy. I loved the songs.
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