Congratulations on being one of today’s 10000. Google alt text, it’s a short answer. The shortest answer is that it’s the text that shows when you hover your mouse over an image.
[…]alternative text (alt text) that is to be displayed in place of an element that cannot be rendered. The alt [text] is used for short descriptions[.]
The alt [text] is used to increase accessibility and user friendliness, including for blind internet users who rely on special software for web browsing.
Tf is the alt text? I’ve only seen this on lemmy, and only the last week or so. Where does it come from, and how is it related to xkcd?
Got it, I’ve always called it the description.
Congratulations on being one of today’s 10000. Google alt text, it’s a short answer. The shortest answer is that it’s the text that shows when you hover your mouse over an image.
It’s a feature for all websites:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alt_attribute