have you tried just pressing and holding the link? that gives me a pop-up with various options, but it also shows me the link text.
Get up...get up, you stupid piece of... What did you do that for? What's wrong with you? Didn't you hear a word he said? All of you! You think there's someone just going to drop money on you?! Money they could use?! Well, there ain't people like that. There's just people like me.
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tiggy - May 24, 2012 2:02:32 am PDT #20125 of 25505
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
omnis_audis - May 24, 2012 10:17:27 am PDT #20126 of 25505
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
doesn't work with xkcd cartoons.
-t - May 24, 2012 10:30:03 am PDT #20127 of 25505
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I don't know of a general answer, but for xkcd and other comics that I have in my RSS feed, when I view them using Flipboard the mouse-over text is added at the bottom of the image. Possibly a particular browser has addressed this, but I haven't really looked at many browsers.
Zenkitty - May 24, 2012 11:53:55 am PDT #20128 of 25505
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
doesn't work with xkcd cartoons.
Hos did you know that's what I was looking at, omnis?
omnis_audis - May 24, 2012 12:04:05 pm PDT #20129 of 25505
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Great minds think alike!
NoiseDesign - May 24, 2012 12:16:14 pm PDT #20130 of 25505
Our wings are not tired
There is an xkcd iOS app that shows the rollover text.
dcp - May 24, 2012 12:59:57 pm PDT #20131 of 25505
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
If you view xkcd from its mobile site m.xkcd.com, there is an (alt-text) link next to the title of the comic. Tap on that, and the alt text will be displayed.
meara - May 24, 2012 1:12:05 pm PDT #20132 of 25505
There's also an xkcd app. I have it on my phone.
Zenkitty - May 24, 2012 1:16:21 pm PDT #20133 of 25505
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Excellent! Thank you all for the info.
omnis_audis - May 24, 2012 3:24:20 pm PDT #20134 of 25505
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
wow, it's like we are all xkcd fans or something. Strange. Hmmm, maybe we should think about opening a thread for it.
:: ducks n covers ::
:: removes tongue from cheek ::