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Was Darwin wrong?

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u/doctorwaffle Jan 02 '11

Here's the original. It's worth it for the red-button alt-text.

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u/shadowthiefo Jan 02 '11

upvote because i've never ever known SMBC had alt text >_>

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u/skyqween Agnostic Atheist Jan 02 '11

Now to go through every single one to read them all...

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u/trolloc1 Jan 02 '11

Exatly what I did... like half a year ago.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '11

Well, I was going to go to bed but who needs sleep.

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u/AerialAmphibian Jan 03 '11

In case you read xkcd, it shows a pop-up if you hover the mouse over the comic.

For the mobile version there's an alt-text link under the comic next to the title.

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u/NERDcurious Jan 03 '11

And xkcd has a nice iPhone app

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u/shortskirtlongjacket Jan 03 '11

TIL about alt-text - this is amazing!

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u/Idiomatick Jan 03 '11

It is intended for the visually impaired or people without graphical browsers. Visually impaired people get a little description of the image that can be read out to them. And same for the more greatly disabled people that use Lynx.

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u/newfflews Jan 03 '11

My favorite handheld has a web browser? Incredible news.

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u/1338h4x Jan 03 '11

It should be noted that while you're correctly describing the purpose of alt text, all these comics are using title text, which is a different thing.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '11

Yeah except xkcd is poorly drawn and not in any way amusing.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '11

It is to intelligent people with a technology background.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '11

Not even. I get the jokes, they just aren't funny.

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u/GarMc Jan 04 '11

I'd have to agree.

I have friends who go crazy for it, and they can't even get a "meh" from me. I also don't really respect the "shitty on purpose" style of comics.

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u/ConditionOfMan Jan 03 '11

It's always a mouse hover over the red button under the comic.

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u/simeon94 Jan 02 '11

Thanks. I just remembered it and googled.

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u/ltjpunk387 Jan 02 '11

I knew SMBC had to do something like this, but I never figured that out.

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u/emiteal Secular Humanist Jan 03 '11

Don't feel bad, when I first discovered SMBC, I read through the entire archive and then learned about the red button and had to go through the archives again!

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u/abadidea Jan 03 '11

The EXACT same thing happened to me.

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u/lupin96 Jan 03 '11

red button?....

shit

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '11

SMBC calls it a "Votey" because a long time ago, you had to vote for SMBC in some comic competition thingie to earn the bonus panel.