Talk:3227: Creation

did anyone else wait for the screensaver to hit the corner? 216.25.182.141 20:13, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

I can't work out what Modem mode is meant to do... on my machine it just freezes the whole page. 78.213.151.110 20:22, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

It plays the sound of an old-style phone modem, and scrolls the comic into view slowly. It's supposed to represent the early days when downloading an image would take a long time. Barmar (talk) 20:31, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

can confirm on android firefox it seems to render the page unresponsive to input - Vaedez (talk) 21:18, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

I clicked darker mode and my screen is black and I cant undo it help

I assume you mean Darkest Mode, since there's no darker mode. The screen turns black but if you look carefully you can still see the grey of the menu and you can click on it. Also, the menu border continues to appear after you select the choice (at least it does on my Mac). P.S. Don't forget to sign your comment with 4 ~ characters. Barmar (talk) 20:31, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

Modem mode doesn’t work for me what does it do 2A06:5906:1412:4100:352D:1A2:184:5F3 20:29, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

Modem mode makes the comic slowly print from above 216.25.182.141 20:34, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

I see the mobile site m.xkcd.com was left out on this change😔 104.28.215.219 20:37, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

I read “Modern mode” instead of Modem mode and I spent a while making wild theories about what it could be referencing. But I’m also quite sleepy. 146.70.116.107 20:51, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

I deminified the code if anyone wants it. There are no hidden options or anything like right-click has, but it would be extremely easy to add modes to it. 2601:441:4B7E:7660:0:0:0:AC72 20:59, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

"Modem mode" works for me in Chromium, but not Firefox. Robobun (talk) 21:06, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

For me it's just slow on Firefox. It takes about 5 seconds to clear the comic and start scrolling it back in, and the static doesn't start until it's almost all showing. Barmar (talk) 21:11, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

applies across the whole website? i forsee a preservation effort in the near future to capture What This Was Like, when randall inevitably removes the menu and all its modes--there's no chance this is staying, is there? - Vaedez (talk) 21:24, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

It applies to older comics, but not other parts of the site. I'm also wondering if this might be just for April Fool's Day. Barmar (talk) 21:27, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

I know it's april the 1st, but could we keep the modes? Stainglass is fun when the background doesn't turn maroon (and makes the text hard to read). I also checked other pages of xkcd, the modes are on on the other comics.

Finally we have the Boat Mode from the footer! B for brain (talk) (youtube channel wobsite (supposed to be a blag)) 21:33, 1 April 2026 (UTC)