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How can I see the title alt text for website images on an HTC Desire?

I'm currently using the Dolphin HD browser but I can't see a way of getting the alt text.

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  • Be an activist and upvote the defect here! Though that's a longer term answer. :)
    – Metaxis
    Commented Jan 21, 2011 at 23:19

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Good question. I don't see an obvious way to do that to solve your problem on all websites. However, there just so happens to be a few xkcd viewer apps. I use this one which has a menu > hover text option.

EDIT: This seems like a reasonable thing to try for link hover text, but it does not work for me on the default HTC Incredible browser:

  1. Tap any white empty space near to the link you want to hover over.
  2. Now move your trackball up/down until it selects the link. Don’t click it.
  3. There! The tooltip now appears. Simple solution. :)

I saw this suggested here.

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  • Cheers, that's helpful but unfortunately the hover suggestion doesn't work in the case of xkcd.com - maybe because the images aren't links? The app is a reasonable workaround for now though.
    – therefromhere
    Commented Oct 8, 2010 at 11:26
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    Not every Android phone has a trackball, either.
    – ale
    Commented Oct 8, 2010 at 16:04
  • App no longer available.
    – Amazon Dies In Darkness
    Commented Dec 24, 2023 at 4:51
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The right answer is to just go to https://m.xkcd.com. There is a link on there to show or hide the alt text.

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    Works perfectly for xkcd, but not for other sites/situations.
    – ale
    Commented Apr 17, 2011 at 16:48
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I created a bookmarklet for this:

javascript:(function(){var D=document,i,f,j,e;for(i=0;f=D.images[i];++i)if(f.title!=""){var x=D.createElement("div"),s=x.style;s.color="Black ";s.background="yellow ";x.innerHTML=f.title;f.parentNode.insertBefore(x,f.nextSibling);}})();

This displays any TITLE texts as text with yellow background.

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Download XKCD viewer app in the android market. You can then tap on the comic to bring up the hover text.

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