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Winchell Chung ⚛🚀

@jeffowski

Ah, I clicked the alt-text, and it just gave me the web address of the image

28 Dec 2023 at 19:38 | Wall-to-wall | Open on spacey.space
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Church of Jeff

@nyrath -- "Walter Chandoha photo of a group of cats glaring and moving as a group (reminds me of West Side Story how they are lined up behind the leader)."

28 Dec 2023 at 19:41 | Open on mastodon.world
Winchell Chung ⚛🚀

@jeffowski

I didn't see "(reminds me of West Side Story how they are lined up behind the leader)"
28 Dec 2023 at 20:25 | Open on spacey.space
Church of Jeff

@nyrath -- Hovering over the photo in a web-browser on my PC shows the mouse pointer turn into a magnifying glass with a '+' symbol and up pops the alt-text.
When I try to take a screenshot, the alt-text bubble goes away so I cannot "show" you how it looks on my end. Hopefully my description helps.
The main point being, I had serious West Side Story vibes too and this was taken the same year as the movie.

28 Dec 2023 at 21:13 | Open on mastodon.world
rhetorical answers

@jeffowski @nyrath

In the browser, I wish there were a way to copy the alt-text. Or is there and I just haven't figured it out?

28 Dec 2023 at 21:16 | Open on tooters.org
Church of Jeff

@swordplay @nyrath -- No... It is a limitation of the graphics file formats as well.
This is why I don't believe it is beneficial to berate Mastodon users about alt-text and how it IS beneficial to do #alt4you and simply add it as a comment. HELP instead of COMPLAIN.
The comment on the post will also give it a notice from the algorithm which is used to populate the local and federated timelines.
In fact, from my experiments, adding an #alt4you comment is BETTER than giving it a boost.

28 Dec 2023 at 21:20 | Open on mastodon.world
Winchell Chung ⚛🚀

@jeffowski

It must act differently on my Android tablet. When I click the "Alt" button in the picture's lower left corner, that box dialog appears.

28 Dec 2023 at 21:17 | Open on spacey.space
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