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Talk:1863: Screenshots

2017-07-15T07:42:28Z

Accidus:

Is "Embarrassing Background tabs" a dig at [http://www.news.com.au/finance/business/media/newsweek-reporter-posts-photo-showing-porn-tab-in-his-browser/news-story/6a9d3cedebbd73e83e169c535da908ac Kurt Eichenwald]? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.134.70|162.158.134.70]] 14:00, 14 July 2017 (UTC)
:Him or just about anyone who has porn on background tabs. It's a regular occurrence these days. [[User:OldCorps|OldCorps]] ([[User talk:OldCorps|talk]]) 14:31, 14 July 2017 (UTC)
:: Well sure, but he's probably the most triumphant example in recent media memory [[Special:Contributions/162.158.134.70|162.158.134.70]] 14:56, 14 July 2017 (UTC)
:[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4603986/Lawmaker-porn-sites-web-tabs-I-not-pervert.html Ramon Perez] was the first one to come to mind for me. He's a US Congressman who recently passed out a handout to the US House of Representatives Finance Committee with screen shots that included a 'MILF' tab and several 'Teen' porn tabs. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.75.250|162.158.75.250]] 16:23, 14 July 2017 (UTC)

::Does someone has uncensored image of that? BTW we should add censorship on list of things which can degrade digital data. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 00:35, 15 July 2017 (UTC)

Do you think it's coincidental that the comic numbers for this one (1863) and for the thematic predecessor (1683) are anagrams?

Talk:1863: Screenshots

2017-07-15T07:41:38Z

Accidus:

Is "Embarrassing Background tabs" a dig at [http://www.news.com.au/finance/business/media/newsweek-reporter-posts-photo-showing-porn-tab-in-his-browser/news-story/6a9d3cedebbd73e83e169c535da908ac Kurt Eichenwald]? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.134.70|162.158.134.70]] 14:00, 14 July 2017 (UTC)
:Him or just about anyone who has porn on background tabs. It's a regular occurrence these days. [[User:OldCorps|OldCorps]] ([[User talk:OldCorps|talk]]) 14:31, 14 July 2017 (UTC)
:: Well sure, but he's probably the most triumphant example in recent media memory [[Special:Contributions/162.158.134.70|162.158.134.70]] 14:56, 14 July 2017 (UTC)
:[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4603986/Lawmaker-porn-sites-web-tabs-I-not-pervert.html Ramon Perez] was the first one to come to mind for me. He's a US Congressman who recently passed out a handout to the US House of Representatives Finance Committee with screen shots that included a 'MILF' tab and several 'Teen' porn tabs. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.75.250|162.158.75.250]] 16:23, 14 July 2017 (UTC)

::Does someone has uncensored image of that? BTW we should add censorship on list of things which can degrade digital data. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 00:35, 15 July 2017 (UTC)

::Do you think it's coincidental that the comic numbers for this one (1863) and for the thematic predecessor (1683) are anagrams?

Title text

2016-11-01T12:26:12Z

Accidus:

The '''title text''' is an {{w|HTML attribute}} [[Randall]] puts on almost every xkcd image which normally adds something tangentially relevant to the topic of the comic. In some of the early comics, the title text was used to explain the joke. (Such as [[5: Blown apart]].) It can be accessed via hovering the mouse pointer over the image on the main site or clicking the Alt Text button on the mobile site. Strictly speaking, calling this the 'alt text' is incorrect, as Randall uses the 'title' attribute rather than the 'alt' attribute in the HTML sources (cf. {{w|Wikipedia:Alternative_text_for_images|Wikipedia's entry on "Alt text"}}). But Randall himself refers to it as Alt text in [[45: Schrodinger]].

[[File:tt.png|left|The title text for 377: Journal 2]]

The title text for 377: Journal 2

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Title text

2016-11-01T12:24:12Z

Accidus:

The '''title text''' is an {{w|HTML attribute}} [[Randall]] puts on almost every xkcd image which normally adds something tangentially relevant to the topic of the comic. In some of the early comics, the title text was used to explain the joke. (Such as [[5: Blown apart]].) It can be accessed via hovering the mouse pointer over the image on the main site or clicking the Alt Text button on the mobile site. Strictly speaking, calling this the 'alt text' is incorrect, as Randall uses the 'title' attribute rather than the 'alt' attribute in the HTML sources (cf. {{w|Wikipedia:Alternative_text_for_images|incorrectly refer to it as "Alt text"}}. But Randall himself refers to it as Alt text in [[45: Schrodinger]].

[[File:tt.png|left|The title text for 377: Journal 2]]

The title text for 377: Journal 2

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Talk:Title text

2016-11-01T12:20:34Z

Accidus:

Everyone except this wiki calls it ‘alt-text’, Randall himself included. See XKCD 45. I vote for changing all occurrences of title text in this wiki to alt-text. --[[Special:Contributions/173.245.51.212|173.245.51.212]] 20:55, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
: Randall also called it “title text” twice: [[442]], [[1045]]. —[[Special:Contributions/108.162.253.174|108.162.253.174]] 09:07, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
: The link doesn't give any evidence why calling this the 'alt text' is incorrect. But if you inspect the page source, you'll see Randall uses the 'title' attribute, rather than the 'alt' attribute for this purpose.