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dmj726	2009-12-09 , 20:37
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<img src="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/the_sun.png" title="Obligatory bad guy: This operation is sheer foolishness, and it's not happening on my watch! Mainly because I can't figure out how to adjust the time." alt="The Sun" /><br/>

Xkcd readers refer to the title attribute as the "alt text". The OP just wants to be able to read this.

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	benny1967	2009-12-09 , 20:58
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Originally Posted by sjgadsby

And again I wish the Maemo browser had a "View source" option. wget is so inconvenient.

How dare you. The Finnish Gods decided long ago that Maemo users must not need "View source". - Who are you to claim the Gods are wrong?

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dmj726	2009-12-09 , 21:07
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I been working on a webcomic app for maemo. xkcd with alt text support would be a nice feature I'd think. Would people want that?

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sjgadsby	2009-12-09 , 21:12
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Originally Posted by benny1967

How dare you. The Finnish Gods decided long ago that Maemo users must not need "View source". - Who are you to claim the Gods are wrong?

I dunno, but I really don't need this Coke bottle.

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	ARJWright	2009-12-09 , 21:20
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Originally Posted by dmj726

I been working on a webcomic app for maemo. xkcd with alt text support would be a nice feature I'd think. Would people want that?

If you are displaying content that's being output as HTML, yes. Being able to read/hear the ALT and TITLE tags should be enabled by default, disabled by choice (its an accessibilty thing, not really a style or comic thing).

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	benny1967	2009-12-09 , 21:29
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anyway... to answer the question: you can somehow show it, but its too long to be readable. The Gods will tell you the average user will not want to read such long texts.

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dmj726	2009-12-09 , 21:33
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@benny1967 That looks like a bug that I haven't seen since firefox 2.x (there was a plugin to fix that too)

The webcomic app would get your favorite webcomics and download them to the device and provide a gui to view and search them.

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MrGrim	2009-12-09 , 21:46
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Fennec? [and additional letters to appease the more-that-10-letters-per-reply nazi]

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	ARJWright	2009-12-09 , 22:10
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Originally Posted by benny1967

anyway... to answer the question: you can somehow show it, but its too long to be readable. The Gods will tell you the average user will not want to read such long texts.

Ew, that's a problem. Title tags should wrap, and viewable upon a long press. Making it dependent upon the cursor mode action is a lot unintuitive.

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	benny1967	2009-12-09 , 22:28
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Originally Posted by ARJWright

Ew, that's a problem. Title tags should wrap, and viewable upon a long press. Making it dependent upon the cursor mode action is a lot unintuitive.

This whole cursor mode thing isnt very intuitive (nor does it work without a stylus), but I cant think of anything better

I agree on the rendering of @title-texts... either you render them or not. Displaying only the first few words is nonsense, especially if there's no way to see the rest.
I'm not sure if tap'n hold is the right thing for this... it brings up the context menu, which I wouldn't want to miss. - Could be an entry in the context menu, though...