# Alt Text Viewer

> Shows the Alt-text of larger images beneath the image for reading. Designed to be used on webcomics such as 'XKCD' and 'Dumbing of Age'.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/alt-text-viewer](https://chrome-stats.com/d/alt-text-viewer)

## Overview

- **ID:** `alt-text-viewer`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Removed
- **Publisher:** Firefox user 12922476
- **Category:** appearance
- **Daily users:** 136
- **Weekly downloads:** 7
- **Rating:** 3.17 / 5 (6 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.1
- **Last updated:** 2017-11-09
- **First published:** 2017-09-11
- **Size:** 602 KB
- **Data as of:** 2023-07-11
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/alt-text-viewer/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/SThomasP/Alt-Text-Viewer](https://github.com/SThomasP/Alt-Text-Viewer)

## Description

Shows the Alt-text of larger images beneath the image for reading. Designed to be used on webcomics such as 'XKCD' and 'Dumbing of Age'.

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension is not longer available in the store

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/alt-text-viewer)