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User Friendly

User Friendly was a webcomic written by J. D. Frazer, also known by his pen name Illiad. Starting in 1997, the strip was one of the earliest webcomics to make its creator a living. The comic is set in a fictional internet service provider and draws humor from dealing with clueless users and geeky subjects. The comic ran seven days a week until 2009, when…

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Author(s)
J. D. Frazer, a.k.a. "Illiad"
Current status/schedule
Completed
End date
November 21, 2010 (2010-11-21)
Genre(s)
Technology and geek humor
Launch date
November 17, 1997 (1997-11-17)[# 1]

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  • I.T. Information technology

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User Friendly

Nodes125
Edges124
Triples102
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.016
Components1

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User Friendly

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related to Bibliography · 31
User Friendly → All Evil, Archived April, Archived December, Archived July, Archived March, Archived November, August, December, Die Deutsche Dialekt-Ausgabe, Evil Geniuses, Full, German, ISBN, January, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green, Lock-red-alt-2, Manning Dec, November, Nutshell
related to Ideas · 15
User Friendly → After, As, BSD, Frazer, He, I'll, I've, In, Initially, MetaFilter, My, No, On, Plagiarized, Yes
related to Production · 10
User Friendly → Day, Eric Burns, Frazer, Iambe, Iambe Intimate, In, Interactive, Link, Sunday, The
related to Success · 9
User Friendly → April, Century, Eric Burns, Frazer, In, Industry, On April Fools' Day, When User Friendly, Writer Xavier Xerxes
related to External links · 8
User Friendly → Archive, August, Frazer, Illiad, JD, September, UFies, Website
related to Creation · 7
User Friendly → According, After, Dust Puppies, Frazer, He, ISP, Later
related to Premise · 7
User Friendly → According, Although, Columbia Internet, Eric Burns, Every, Greg, ISP
related to Reviews · 7
User Friendly → Burns, But, Eric Burns, Frazer, In, IT, Websnark
Author(s) · 1
User Friendly → J. D. Frazer, a.k.a. "Illiad"
Current status/schedule · 1
User Friendly → Completed

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
User FriendlyAuthor(s)J. D. Frazer, a.k.a. "Illiad"1.00infobox
User FriendlyCurrent status/scheduleCompleted1.00infobox
User FriendlyEnd dateNovember 21, 2010 (2010-11-21)1.00infobox
User FriendlyGenre(s)Technology and geek humor1.00infobox
User FriendlyLaunch dateNovember 17, 1997 (1997-11-17)[# 1]1.00infobox
User FriendlyWebsitewww.userfriendly.org1.00infobox
Link of the Dayinstance ofThe website for User Friendly included other features0.80text
Iambe Intimateinstance ofThe website for User Friendly included other features0.80text
User Friendlyrelated to BibliographySeveral0.60section
User Friendlyrelated to BibliographyPlan Nine Publishing0.60section
User Friendlyrelated to BibliographyLock-green0.60section
User Friendlyrelated to BibliographyLock-gray-alt-20.60section

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