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[–] who@feddit.org 18 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Neither of those is a good approach, because part of every xkcd comic is the hover text.

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[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 39 points 2 years ago (3 children)

part of every xkcd comic is the hover text.

Yes…that would be why you would link directly to the comic…?

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[–] who@feddit.org 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I was referring to the image-only link and the embed that you suggested. Sorry if that wasn't clear.

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[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 15 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Of course, with an embedded direct link, you could put the title text in as alt text:

Her daughter is named Help I'm trapped in a driver's license factory.

Unfortunately that won't always show up in the same way title text does.

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[–] tomenzgg@midwest.social 2 points 2 years ago

Not to mention circumvents the purpose of alt. text letting those unable to see to know what's going on in the image.

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