The XKCD Alt Text extension makes it slightly easier to read the XKCD web comic. It's primary function is to add a description…

Latest Version

Version

2.8.1

Update

January 26, 2014

Size

57.64KiB

Developer

XKCD Alt Text Extension

The XKCD Alt Text extension makes it slightly easier to read the XKCD web comic. It's primary function is to add a description beneath the comic, so that you don't have to try and read the tiny hover text before it fades away. It can also move the header below the comic, to increase visibility. This feature can easily be disabled. Update 2.8.1: Works over HTTPS

Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "manifest_version": 2, "background": { "page": "background.html" }, "content_scripts": [ { "js": ["jquery.min.js","xkcdalt.js"], "matches": [ "*://xkcd.com/*", "*://xkcd.org/*", "*://xkcd.net/*", "*://www.xkcd.com/*", "*://www.xkcd.org/*", "*://www.xkcd.net/*" ], "run_at": "document_end" } ], "options_page":"options.html", "icons": { "16": "icon16.png", "48": "icon48.png", "128": "icon128.png" }, "name": "XKCD Alt Text", "version": "2.8.1"}

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User reviews

FaviFake (ID: 0000000514c9661e) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 04/28/2023 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

Chris Harvey (ID: 000000504042e904) Voted 4 ★ - Updated 10/13/2017 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.

Isak Hvarfner (ID: 0000002248eb65c2) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 02/03/2016 Uses a background page (which consumes RAM even when not used) and doesn't sync options.

(ID: ) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 11/09/2015 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.

Maurilio Mesquita (ID: 000000c3ea23aa3a) Voted 4 ★ - Updated 10/28/2012 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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XKCD Alt Text