Comments on: Zuda reax http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/zuda-reax/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:51:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: The Scienteers » Archive » Dear Zuda, your system sucks. http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/zuda-reax/#comment-1236774 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 06:52:48 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/zuda-reax/#comment-1236774 [...] I can read five Penny-Arcade comics from their archive in the time it takes the damn viewer to load. I’m not the only person who is having this issue either, google search “Zuda flash viewer” and click around, you’re bound to see some less than stellar impressions of it. To make matters worse, the system is a resource-hog. This not only explains why it’s so slow to load but it also causes my primary browser, Opera, to crash. Now, I’m not telling people what browser to use, (though I do suggest Opera), but I do always stress to designers that they need to keep all web-browsers in mind. I don’t want to be forced to boot up Internet Explorer to read High Moon (who would?). Zuda’s apparent unwillingness to fix this rather huge flaw in their delivery system reeks of a certain arrogance. [...] […] I can read five Penny-Arcade comics from their archive in the time it takes the damn viewer to load. I’m not the only person who is having this issue either, google search “Zuda flash viewer” and click around, you’re bound to see some less than stellar impressions of it. To make matters worse, the system is a resource-hog. This not only explains why it’s so slow to load but it also causes my primary browser, Opera, to crash. Now, I’m not telling people what browser to use, (though I do suggest Opera), but I do always stress to designers that they need to keep all web-browsers in mind. I don’t want to be forced to boot up Internet Explorer to read High Moon (who would?). Zuda’s apparent unwillingness to fix this rather huge flaw in their delivery system reeks of a certain arrogance. […]

]]> by: The Scienteers » Archive » Dear Zuda, your system sucks. http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/zuda-reax/#comment-1236772 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 06:52:46 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/zuda-reax/#comment-1236772 [...] I can read five Penny-Arcade comics from their archive in the time it takes the damn viewer to load. I’m not the only person who is having this issue either, google search “Zuda flash viewer” and click around, you’re bound to see some less than stellar impressions of it. To make matters worse, the system is a resource-hog. This not only explains why it’s so slow to load but it also causes my primary browser, Opera, to crash. Now, I’m not telling people what browser to use, (though I do suggest Opera), but I do always stress to designers that they need to keep all web-browsers in mind. I don’t want to be forced to boot up Internet Explorer to read High Moon (who would?). Zuda’s apparent unwillingness to fix this rather huge flaw in their delivery system reeks of a certain arrogance. [...] […] I can read five Penny-Arcade comics from their archive in the time it takes the damn viewer to load. I’m not the only person who is having this issue either, google search “Zuda flash viewer” and click around, you’re bound to see some less than stellar impressions of it. To make matters worse, the system is a resource-hog. This not only explains why it’s so slow to load but it also causes my primary browser, Opera, to crash. Now, I’m not telling people what browser to use, (though I do suggest Opera), but I do always stress to designers that they need to keep all web-browsers in mind. I don’t want to be forced to boot up Internet Explorer to read High Moon (who would?). Zuda’s apparent unwillingness to fix this rather huge flaw in their delivery system reeks of a certain arrogance. […]

]]> by: The Gigcast » Blog Archive » Webcomic Wire - 11/6/07 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/zuda-reax/#comment-506996 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:47:00 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/zuda-reax/#comment-506996 [...] Heidi MacDonald over at TheBeat from Publishers Weekly gives some reactions to ZUDA. [...] […] Heidi MacDonald over at TheBeat from Publishers Weekly gives some reactions to ZUDA. […]

]]> by: BradyDale http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/zuda-reax/#comment-503930 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:26:18 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/zuda-reax/#comment-503930 I like Coville's idea of republishing gags... wrong page ratios, though, but I guess they could make a different reader. Doing webcomics of old material that's just sitting in the warehouses makes good sense. I like Coville’s idea of republishing gags… wrong page ratios, though, but I guess they could make a different reader. Doing webcomics of old material that’s just sitting in the warehouses makes good sense.

]]> by: Story Followup LinkBlogging » Comics Worth Reading http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/zuda-reax/#comment-500431 Sun, 04 Nov 2007 13:27:17 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/zuda-reax/#comment-500431 [...] Reaction to the Zuda Comics launch has been lukewarm at best. Expert T Campbell discusses his favorites, while Heidi MacDonald talks complaints before linking to other reactions. The fact that Zuda looks fresh at all shows just how stylistically rigid Marvel and DC have become…. it’s a perfect example of a giant corporation jumping on a trend years after it’s already become established. … yeah it’s cool and all, except that you can’t link to it and you can’t copy it, standard for all other successful webcomic ventures. [...] […] Reaction to the Zuda Comics launch has been lukewarm at best. Expert T Campbell discusses his favorites, while Heidi MacDonald talks complaints before linking to other reactions. The fact that Zuda looks fresh at all shows just how stylistically rigid Marvel and DC have become…. it’s a perfect example of a giant corporation jumping on a trend years after it’s already become established. … yeah it’s cool and all, except that you can’t link to it and you can’t copy it, standard for all other successful webcomic ventures. […]

]]> by: someguy http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/zuda-reax/#comment-499607 Sun, 04 Nov 2007 04:24:51 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/zuda-reax/#comment-499607 Hmmm...I wonder if they DID hire a flash developer who knows how to enable deep linking, but, in their haste to meet their October deadline, haven't been able to "turn it on" yet... Hmmm…I wonder if they DID hire a flash developer who knows how to enable deep linking, but, in their haste to meet their October deadline, haven’t been able to “turn it on” yet…

]]> by: Aaron F. Gonzalez http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/zuda-reax/#comment-499012 Sat, 03 Nov 2007 22:09:23 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/zuda-reax/#comment-499012 "Bloggers all hate Flash because we can’t link to it." How anyone would hire flash developers who don't know how to create flash sites that are capable of deep linking is beyond me. And for a site like this, where the entire POINT is to get people to discover the content? It's suicide. Hey DC, get a clue: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/deep_linking.html http://www.asual.com/swfaddress/ “Bloggers all hate Flash because we can’t link to it.”

How anyone would hire flash developers who don’t know how to create flash sites that are capable of deep linking is beyond me.

And for a site like this, where the entire POINT is to get people to discover the content? It’s suicide.

Hey DC, get a clue:

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/deep_linking.html

http://www.asual.com/swfaddress/

]]> by: Scott Bieser http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/zuda-reax/#comment-498880 Sat, 03 Nov 2007 20:46:12 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/zuda-reax/#comment-498880 Actually the viewer has a pop-up control-bar at the bottom which includes a "zoom" slider, allowing you to enlarge the image. The cursor then becomes a "pan" tool to let you easily move the enlarged image about in the window. At least it works this way in Firefox. Speaking of interface issues, every time I go to leave a comment on this site, it crashes my browser the first time I hit the "enter" key. With Firefox I can restore the session, and then it works okay, until the next time I visit the site. Actually the viewer has a pop-up control-bar at the bottom which includes a “zoom” slider, allowing you to enlarge the image. The cursor then becomes a “pan” tool to let you easily move the enlarged image about in the window.

At least it works this way in Firefox.

Speaking of interface issues, every time I go to leave a comment on this site, it crashes my browser the first time I hit the “enter” key. With Firefox I can restore the session, and then it works okay, until the next time I visit the site.

]]> by: John Lee http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/zuda-reax/#comment-498165 Sat, 03 Nov 2007 14:24:02 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/zuda-reax/#comment-498165 I am a little baffled about the fact that everyone thinks Zuda's big stumbling block is the Flash interface. What about the content? When DC announced that they were establishing a webcomic brand, I was anticipating comics that offer quality narrative. With the exception of Bayou and High Moon, I found that most of the entries I read featured the same sloppy storytelling and questionable art that I could find anywhere else on the web. I am a little baffled about the fact that everyone thinks Zuda’s big stumbling block is the Flash interface. What about the content? When DC announced that they were establishing a webcomic brand, I was anticipating comics that offer quality narrative. With the exception of Bayou and High Moon, I found that most of the entries I read featured the same sloppy storytelling and questionable art that I could find anywhere else on the web.

]]> by: maija http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/zuda-reax/#comment-496906 Sat, 03 Nov 2007 03:13:57 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/zuda-reax/#comment-496906 "That said, I love BAYOU and would read it if it was drawn on bricks that were to be thrown at my head." It would be fun to see this idea "pitched" at random passers-by at SDCC, especially as a Fantagraphics promo for Krazy & Ignatz. “That said, I love BAYOU and would read it if it was drawn on bricks that were to be thrown at my head.”

It would be fun to see this idea “pitched” at random passers-by at SDCC, especially as a Fantagraphics promo for Krazy & Ignatz.

]]> by: Marz Richards http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/zuda-reax/#comment-496165 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 21:57:19 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/zuda-reax/#comment-496165 A quote from a web developer from 2000: "Flash gives you herpes." That said, I love BAYOU and would read it if it was drawn on bricks that were to be thrown at my head. A quote from a web developer from 2000:

“Flash gives you herpes.”

That said, I love BAYOU and would read it if it was drawn on bricks that were to be thrown at my head.

]]> by: Jim Shelley http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/zuda-reax/#comment-496119 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 21:33:38 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/zuda-reax/#comment-496119 My wife found the interface to be a pain. She said that unless you're at full size the fonts seem jaggy and hard to read. Using Flash was a big mistake IMO. My wife found the interface to be a pain. She said that unless you’re at full size the fonts seem jaggy and hard to read.

Using Flash was a big mistake IMO.

]]> by: Jamie Coville http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/zuda-reax/#comment-496072 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 21:06:31 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/zuda-reax/#comment-496072 DC should consider republishing some of their 'gag' stuff (Sugar & Spike and Fox & Crow in particular) via Zuda and hopefully build an audience for a dead tree collection. DC should consider republishing some of their ‘gag’ stuff (Sugar & Spike and Fox & Crow in particular) via Zuda and hopefully build an audience for a dead tree collection.

]]> by: maija http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/zuda-reax/#comment-496047 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 20:53:11 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/zuda-reax/#comment-496047 Has there been a discussion on The Beat about Dark Horse Presents on Myspace yet? If there has been, I'd appreciate a link to the original post. Has there been a discussion on The Beat about Dark Horse Presents on Myspace yet? If there has been, I’d appreciate a link to the original post.

]]> by: Richard J. Marcej http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/zuda-reax/#comment-495844 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 19:40:32 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/zuda-reax/#comment-495844 DC? Gag strip? One word.... PLOP! DC?
Gag strip?
One word…. PLOP!

]]> by: David Gallaher http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/zuda-reax/#comment-495640 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 18:35:51 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/zuda-reax/#comment-495640 > You can link to the strips directly, like so: http://www.zudacomics.com/high_moon More about that here: http://www.zudacomics.com/blog >

You can link to the strips directly, like so:
http://www.zudacomics.com/high_moon

More about that here:
http://www.zudacomics.com/blog

]]> by: Andy http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/zuda-reax/#comment-495613 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 18:23:31 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/zuda-reax/#comment-495613 I've never read webcomics before, but now I have. So Zuda must be a success, right? :) Seems pretty cool to me, and if the comics internet isn't up in arms complaining but just regular complaining it must be a good sign. I’ve never read webcomics before, but now I have. So Zuda must be a success, right? :)

Seems pretty cool to me, and if the comics internet isn’t up in arms complaining but just regular complaining it must be a good sign.

]]> by: Joey Manley http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/zuda-reax/#comment-495592 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 18:11:41 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/zuda-reax/#comment-495592 DC? Gag strip? Two words: Hembeck. DC? Gag strip? Two words: Hembeck.

]]> by: badMike http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/zuda-reax/#comment-495464 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:59:35 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/zuda-reax/#comment-495464 Speaking of "when was the last time DC put out a gag strip?" It's a shame Henry Boltinoff is no longer around to contribute to Zuda. I'd go read that even in flash. Speaking of “when was the last time DC put out a gag strip?” It’s a shame Henry Boltinoff is no longer around to contribute to Zuda. I’d go read that even in flash.

]]> by: The Beat http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/zuda-reax/#comment-495418 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:34:00 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/02/zuda-reax/#comment-495418 JONAH HEX sells 15,000+ copies, Peter. Not great but respectable. Get your facts straight! JONAH HEX sells 15,000+ copies, Peter. Not great but respectable. Get your facts straight!

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