Post by @kims@mas.to

2026-11-04 23:30 UTC

Fedi hive mind please help For my first ~4 years here, all I had to do to read #alttext was hover the word 'ALT' in the image Sometime in the last month, that stopped working, and nothing I do allows me to see the alt text. I've tried opening the image but... no dice. I read Mastodon in a browser (safari) on a MacBook Air and all my software is up to date On of the great joys of Fedi is reading all of the wonderfully decriptive and funny alt text and I'd like it back please. Help! Thanks

Replies (6)

@eq@mas.to 2026-11-04 23:31

@kims@mas.to For me there is a button in the lower right of the image that says "Alt". If I click that I get the text.

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@sdm@social.taker.fr 2026-11-04 23:38

@kims@mas.to i scrolled down until i found an alt texted image, and i clicked on the "alt" and it worked for me. i'm using firefox though, but it should work on safari (i'm also on mac)

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@DenOfEarth@mas.to 2026-11-04 23:48

@kims@mas.to Not sure if helpful but I long tap anywhere on the image and the alt text comes up without my having to find the alt tag

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@jeridansky@sfba.social 2026-11-04 23:54

@kims@mas.to How odd! I also read Mastodon on a MacBook Air and I use Safari. I still see the word ALT in the lower right corner and clicking on it brings up the alt text. I'm still on Sequoia, though. You might want to ask your instance's admin to see if they have any ideas why this no longer works for you.

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@kims@mas.to 2026-11-05 00:47

Having just upgraded everything I can, I'm running Golden Gate 27.2 and Safari version 27.2 It now works on Safari and Chrome. Thank you so much everyone!

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@timtfj@mastodon.social 2026-11-05 02:26

Have you tried whatever produces the image's context menu on a Mac? (In Chrome on Android it appears there, next to a tiny thumbnail and the image URL, but it's usually truncated and needs an extra tap to see it.)

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