This is a cool innovation. The newly renamed More Fun (now called Smithson) has a new episode up that has a “drag” navigation, somewhat like you can do with a PDF in Adobe Reader. Now do I want to have to read all of my webcomics this way? No but it’s a great idea and it certainly gave me a feeling of holding the webcomic in my hands which, when you think about it, is a neat trick.
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Except that dragging as implemented by Flash has issues.
Cool, that’s what I was aiming for.
I like thinking in terms of a larger page. The majority of Smithson strips will probably just use a scrollbar, but the occasional larger page needs something extra.
As Bo has pointed out in that TalkAboutComics thread, there are some disadvantages to that kind of navigation, but hopefully it’s a good experience for most people. Feel free to stop by the thread and weigh in with your navigation ideas!