Added a star to favorite comics and a favorites menu

[Akshat752]

[jvarn]

@Akshat752 It's a good idea, but I think the implementation needs some more thought. The context of the navigation and transcripts boxes is the currently displayed comic. Favourites have a different context, so should live somewhere else; but I'm not sure where. My second concern is that (I assume) favourites use browser local storage, which means they are essentially transient. I don't see a way around that, but it is something to think about. Thanks for your continuing interest and contribution. Edit: since Adams was American, I'm not opposed to using the U.S. spelling "favorite" :-)

[jvarn]

@Akshat752 Since starting this project, I've been pondering the possibility of adding titles for all the "Untitled" comics. On one hand, I'm not sure how I feel about giving titles to comics that Adams didn't. But on the other hand, it would make individual comics more quickly identifiable (such as when they were added as favourites). I imagine a generative AI tool could help, but not without a human doing some QC on the results. Thoughts?

[Akshat752]

Hey @jvarn sorry for the late reply. I could move them to the displayed comic context but I'm not sure that would make sense since they aren't tied to a specific strip and are instead meant for the entire site.

Regarding the favorites being transient they will only be removed if a user clears their site data. Otherwise, the local storage will remain their indefinitely. I'm not sure where else they could be stored without creating an accounts system with a database. I could try to implement a way to export the data to a file (or probably just an array) that the user can copy and import into the site in case they accidently clear the site data, but I'm not sure if most people would use it.