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Yeah, I spent more than a few seconds making sure that my browser window was selected, that my JS blocker wasn't interfering with the page, etc. before I gave up trying to get a hover text.

I saw World Polio Day XKCD Comic, which wasn't the usual extra joke but is certainly accurate and appropriate an ALT tag.

Possibly because I have a FireFox extension just for those, actually: http://piro.sakura.ne.jp/xul/_popupalt.html.en

Anyway, thanks Randall and Mr Bill!

Anyway, thanks Randall and Mr Bill!

Mr Bill has an entirely different meaning to those of us who watched Saturday Night Live back in the 1970s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Bill

Samesies. I thought it was a good strip, but I always love the XKCD hover text. :(

In a strange way, this reinforces his point. We don't need new clever alt="ernatives", we need to keep doing the good old-fashioned effective work.