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| date      = April 1, 2021
 
| date      = April 1, 2021
 
| title    = Checkbox
 
| title    = Checkbox
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| image    = 2445.png
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| image    = checkbox.gif
 
| titletext = Check check check ... chhecck chhecck chhecck ... check check check
 
| titletext = Check check check ... chhecck chhecck chhecck ... check check check
 
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*To experience the interactivity of the game, visit the {{xkcd|2445|original comic}}.
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*To experience the interactivity of this game, visit the {{xkcd|2445|original comic}}.
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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
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This was the 11th [[:Category:April fools' comics|April fools' comic]] released by [[Randall]]. The previous fool's comic was [[2288: Collector's Edition]], which was delayed two days and released on Friday April 3, 2020. The next became [[2601: Instructions]] released on Friday April 1, 2022 (a regular release day).
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{{incomplete|Created by a CHECKBOX. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}
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This was the 11th [[:Category:April fools' comics|April fools' comic]] released by [[Randall]]. The previous fools comic was [[2288: Collector's Edition]], which was delayed two days and released on Friday April 3, 2020.
  
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The comic looks similar to a loading screen. The actual comic (this “loading screen”) consists of an animated gif of a {{w|checkbox}} (hence the name).  
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The comic looks similar to a loading screen. The actual comic (this “loading screen”) consists of a gif of a checkbox (hence the name).  
  
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The frame is replaced with an interactive panel. In the center is a check box, which clears itself immediately when checked. In the bottom right is a mute button, which begins muted. By unmuting, and changing it to a loudspeaker, sounds are played when the check box is checked. This was the second [[:Category:Comics with audio|comic with audio]] on xkcd. The very similar April Fool's comic from the next year, [[2601: Instructions]], used audio, too. It also had only one element in the center, but not a check box, but a {{w|radio button}}.
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The frame is replaced with an interactive panel. In the center is a check box, which clears itself immediately when checked. In the bottom right is a mute button, which begins muted. By unmuting, sounds are played when the check box is checked.
  
 
Under the checkbox is a scrolling visual representation of the timing and duration of clicks in the check box, which also produce matching beeping sounds when unmuted. The representation consists of a dot for a short press, or a bar for a longer press. All long presses are represented by a bar of a pre-determined length; in other words, a longer press does not result in a longer bar.
 
Under the checkbox is a scrolling visual representation of the timing and duration of clicks in the check box, which also produce matching beeping sounds when unmuted. The representation consists of a dot for a short press, or a bar for a longer press. All long presses are represented by a bar of a pre-determined length; in other words, a longer press does not result in a longer bar.
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Some keywords, however, have [[#Special Responses´|special responses]].
 
Some keywords, however, have [[#Special Responses´|special responses]].
  
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===Unique header text===
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This comic has a [[xkcd_Header_text#Unique_header_text|unique header text]], see [[xkcd_Header_text#Checkbox|the details here]]. The header states that "This comic was put together byMax Goodhart, Patrick, Amber, Benjamin Staffin, Kevin Cotrone, and Michael Leuchtenburg. Read Max's [https://chromakode.com/post/checkbox blog post] on development of the comic.
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This comic has a [[Header text#Unique_header_text|unique header text]], see [[Header text#Checkbox|the details here]]. The header is:
 
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:"This comic was put together by Max Goodhart, Patrick, Amber, Benjamin Staffin, Kevin Cotrone, and Michael Leuchtenburg."
 
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Read Max's [https://chromakode.com/post/checkbox blog post] on development of the comic.
 
  
 
==Special Responses==
 
==Special Responses==
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[. represents a short signal, - represents a long signal, and / represents pauses between words. Sojourner is a Mars rover which has been referenced by Randall in the past and is the entity operating the morse code device.]
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[.s are short presses, -s are long presses, and /s are spaces. To clear up any confusion, Sojourner is a Mars rover and the entity operating the morse code device.]
  
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
{| class="wikitable"
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|SOJOURNER -> CFM
 
|SOJOURNER -> CFM
 
|[... --- .--- --- ..- .-. -. . .-.] -> [-.-. ..-. --]
 
|[... --- .--- --- ..- .-. -. . .-.] -> [-.-. ..-. --]
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|CFM is short for confirm. Sojourner is confirming that it's in control of the morse code device.
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|CFM is short for confirm. Sojourner is confirming that its' in control of the morse code device.
 
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|ET -> PHONE HOME
 
|ET -> PHONE HOME
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|(''any number ≤ 2445'') -> (''loads xkcd comic in new tab'')
 
|(''any number ≤ 2445'') -> (''loads xkcd comic in new tab'')
 
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|Pulls up the xkcd comic corresponding to the number entered. Only works for comics published before this one.
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|Just pulls up the xkcd comic corresponding to the number entered.
 
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|MAKE ME A SANDWICH -> NOT A CHANCE
 
|MAKE ME A SANDWICH -> NOT A CHANCE
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|EAT -> I PHOTOSYNTHESIZE
 
|EAT -> I PHOTOSYNTHESIZE
 
|[. .- -] -> [.. / .--. .... --- - --- ... -.-- -. - .... . ... .. --.. .]
 
|[. .- -] -> [.. / .--. .... --- - --- ... -.-- -. - .... . ... .. --.. .]
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|Sojourner is a rover, and therefore does not require food. For that matter, Sojourner also does not photosynthesize. It does, however, generate energy from light in a superficially similar manner using its solar panels.
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|Sojourner is a rover, and therefore does not require food.
 
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|BATTLE ''or'' FIGHT -> THROW
 
|BATTLE ''or'' FIGHT -> THROW
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|RETURN -> DID YOU MEAN ENTER
 
|RETURN -> DID YOU MEAN ENTER
 
|[.-. . - ..- .-. -.]
 
|[.-. . - ..- .-. -.]
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|Return and enter are usually different names for the line-break key on a keyboard. "Carriage Return" is a holdover from mechanical typewriters (returning the carriage, and therefore the printing area, to its start-of-row position), in both mechanical and electronic outputs often implicitly (or explicitly) combined with Line Feed (moving the printing zone one effective line further down, or shifting the medium a similar degree up).
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"Enter" references the wish to submit some input (e.g. the contents of the database or form field(s) just edited, or ), and is essentially synonymous with forcing the move of a cursor to a new line. Often keyboards do not even have keycap text to indicate the key called "Return", "Enter" or any other name, instead using the prominent glyph '''↵'''.
 
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In the case of describing travel (for example, at the entrance to a maze), the words ''could'' instead be described as antonyms. One can ''enter'' the maze, or ''return'' to a prior location (leaving the vicinity of the maze – if not the maze itself, if you had already entered). This may or may not be an additional intended joke, as in dialogues that ask obscure and ambiguously phrased choices such as "Do you want to end this task? [Quit]/[Cancel]”.
 
 
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|ENTER -> DID YOU MEAN ENTER MAZE
 
|ENTER -> DID YOU MEAN ENTER MAZE
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{{comic discussion}}
 
{{comic discussion}}
  
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[[Category:April fools' comics]]
 
 
[[Category:Interactive comics]]
 
[[Category:Interactive comics]]
 
[[Category:Comics with animation]]
 
[[Category:Comics with animation]]
 
[[Category:Dynamic comics]]
 
[[Category:Dynamic comics]]
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[[Category:Comics with audio]]
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[[Category:April fools' comics]]

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