XKCD Alt Text

Isak Hvarfner

2016-02-03

Uses a background page (which consumes RAM even when not used) and doesn't sync options.

Maurilio Mesquita

2012-10-28

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.

Stefano s

2011-12-05

With last entry there's a bug. The extension redirects to the Money poster adv. Since there will be other images instead of text I believe it should be fixed, for this time I needed to disable it.

Chris Harvey

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.

A Google User

2015-11-09

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.