• Zagorath@aussie.zone
    672·
    1 year ago

    This comment perplexes me. A direct link to the image? Why not either embed that link so the image appears here on Lemmy without clicking a link, or link to the comic page which has both the comic and the title text?

    • who@feddit.orgEnglish
      236·
      1 year ago

      Neither of those is a good approach, because part of every xkcd comic is the hover text.

      • Zagorath@aussie.zone
        391·
        1 year ago

        part of every xkcd comic is the hover text.

        Yes…that would be why you would link directly to the comic…?

        • who@feddit.orgEnglish
          8·
          1 year ago

          I was referring to the image-only link and the embed that you suggested. Sorry if that wasn’t clear.

          • Zagorath@aussie.zoneEnglish
            14·
            1 year ago

            Of course, with an embedded direct link, you could put the title text in as alt text:

            Her daughter is named Help I'm trapped in a driver's license factory.

            Unfortunately that won’t always show up in the same way title text does.

            • tomenzgg@midwest.socialEnglish
              2·
              1 year ago

              Not to mention circumvents the purpose of alt. text letting those unable to see to know what’s going on in the image.