XKCD Alt Text
The XKCD Alt Text extension makes it slightly easier to read the XKCD web comic. It's primary function is to add a description…
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spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Great extension and works perfectly as expected.
- Allows reading the entire text without it disappearing.
Cons
- Does not display the actual alt text, only the title text.
- Rearranges the page layout by moving the site header, affecting accessibility.
- Uses a background page that consumes RAM even when not in use.
- Bug causing redirection to an advertisement.
Most mentioned
- Extremely bad. It fails at displaying the alt text.
- alt != title. The distinction between alt text and title text is crucial.
- Feature to move the site header below the comic should be opt-in.
- Design hacks and issues with how content is displayed.
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| Date | Author | Rating | Lang | Comment |
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| 2023-04-28 |  | | Extremely bad. It has ONE JOB, and somehow manages to completely fail at it. It never shows the alt text of the xkcd ANYWHERE on the page. The only thing it seems to do is show the *title* text (which can always be easily read without the extension by simply hovering over the comic), but the alcual *alt* text is nowhere to be found. 100% misleading | |
| 2023-04-28 |  | | en | Extremely bad. It has ONE JOB, and somehow manages to completely fail at it. It never shows the alt text of the xkcd ANYWHERE on the page. The only thing it seems to do is show the *title* text (which can always be easily read without the extension by simply hovering over the comic), but the alcual *alt* text is nowhere to be found. 100% misleading |
| 2017-10-13 |  | | alt != title Great extension and works perfectly as expected. However, the feature moving the site header below the comic—although it can be overridden—should not be the default, as it isn't the main function of the extension. Headers are important for accessibility & navigation and this feature rearranges the actual source markup, which affects screen readers. This feature should be opt-in, not opt-out. (And should use CSS only [e.g. Flexbox] to reorder the view.) Also, one minor distinction: This app does not reveal "alt text"; it reveals "title text", which XKCD uses as supplementary text for the comic. The "alt text" of the image is still unexposed. | |
| 2017-10-13 |  | | en | alt != title Great extension and works perfectly as expected. However, the feature moving the site header below the comic—although it can be overridden—should not be the default, as it isn't the main function of the extension. Headers are important for accessibility & navigation and this feature rearranges the actual source markup, which affects screen readers. This feature should be opt-in, not opt-out. (And should use CSS only [e.g. Flexbox] to reorder the view.) Also, one minor distinction: This app does not reveal "alt text"; it reveals "title text", which XKCD uses as supplementary text for the comic. The "alt text" of the image is still unexposed. |
| 2016-02-03 |  | | Uses a background page (which consumes RAM even when not used) and doesn't sync options. | |
| 2016-02-03 |  | | en | Uses a background page (which consumes RAM even when not used) and doesn't sync options. |
| 2015-11-09 | A Google user | | This is a great idea, but it feels like a hack instead of an extension. It moves the main part of xkcd to the top, and the title text looks really out of place. I'll publish my own extension that does this right if I can ever find the time. | |
| 2015-11-09 |  | | en | This is a great idea, but it feels like a hack instead of an extension. It moves the main part of xkcd to the top, and the title text looks really out of place. I'll publish my own extension that does this right if I can ever find the time. |
| 2012-10-27 |  | | The only thing for the extension to be perfect was to use a smaller fontsize to the description, even the same the rest of xkcd uses. | |
| 2012-10-28 |  | | en | The only thing for the extension to be perfect was to use a smaller fontsize to the description, even the same the rest of xkcd uses. |
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