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[–] [email protected] 45 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Linking an xkcd image directly would strip out the hover text, which is part of the comic.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (2 children)

How do you get the hover text on mobile?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Some browsers show it when you long press the image. For the others, you can edit the URL to m.xkcd.com

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

If you long press on the image, the hover over text will appear.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (3 children)

It cuts off

"Learning arcane bullshit from the 80s can break your computer, but if you're willing to wade through..."

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Maybe try tapping on the text?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I almost got it by switching to landscape, but still not quite.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

You can tap on the text to have it expand.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

is this common for xkcd? because then I've been missing a whole layer of all the comics I've stumbled upon.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

Oh boy, every xkcd (maybe except the first hundred?) has alt-text, time for you to read them all again!