<story><title>The Best of Kickstarter 2012</title><url>http://www.kickstarter.com/year/2012</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>edw519</author><text>Slightly off-topic, but not really...&lt;p&gt;That design is gorgeous. Maybe not the most practical, but I couldn&apos;t stop clicking the arrow to see more. I don&apos;t remember being this excited about eye candy since the first time I saw Flash.&lt;p&gt;Is this a trend or an outlier?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>cfinke</author><text>I found it irritating and hard to follow. Had to close it after the fourth click.  To each his own.</text></comment>
<story><title>The Best of Kickstarter 2012</title><url>http://www.kickstarter.com/year/2012</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>edw519</author><text>Slightly off-topic, but not really...&lt;p&gt;That design is gorgeous. Maybe not the most practical, but I couldn&apos;t stop clicking the arrow to see more. I don&apos;t remember being this excited about eye candy since the first time I saw Flash.&lt;p&gt;Is this a trend or an outlier?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>10dpd</author><text>Presentations have been around for quite a while:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:VCN_Slide1.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:VCN_Slide1.jpg&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>