XKCD Alt Text Display

Name: XKCD Alt Text Display
Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Author: Howard Tucker

Displays the alt text below the XKCD comic just like in the mobile version of XKCD.com. Click (alt-text) to display the text.

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Features & Capabilities

The XKCD Alt Text Display Chrome extension enhances your browsing experience on XKCD.com by displaying the alt text below each comic, mimicking the mobile site's presentation. Users can click the "(alt-text)" link to toggle the visibility of the alt text, which is hidden by default for a cleaner look. This simple yet effective tool ensures you won't miss the witty or insightful comments often found in XKCD's alt text, improving accessibility and engagement with the comics.

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Version:

1.2resigned1 Last updated: 2024-04-25

Version code:

5727164

Creation date:

2016-09-02

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Content scripts matches:

*.xkcd.com

Size:

18.93KB

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-07-10

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Ranking

# 13,600 ▲ 156

Other rankings

#5 in display keyword 15 ▲ 1#54 in comic keyword 12 ▲ 1#244 in speech to text keyword 21 ▲ 4

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Developed by:

Howard Tucker

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/xkcd-alt-text-display/

User Reviews

by 全民*****, 2025-04-22

by 远离*****, 2025-03-16

Could you add an option to automatically display the text? It would be 5 stars if it had an option to automatically display the text, instead of requiring an extra click, which is almost as annoying as having to hover.

by Sl*****, 2023-04-14

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Is XKCD Alt Text Display Safe?

Risk impact

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XKCD Alt Text Display requires very minimum permissions.

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Risk likelihood

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XKCD Alt Text Display has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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