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staticgerbil
staticgerbil
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Hi there,

I have been reading xkcd for years and somewhat recently using Firefox on macOS (Big Sur) I don't get the full mouse over text panel on the comics. I get some of the text panel, but most of it isn't rendered. Safari works fine, and I'm fairly confident that last time I tried Firefox on Windows it also worked fine.

I'm just wondering if there is a bug on the mac version of Firefox, or if there is a setting I have wrong perhaps? Or maybe it's an issue with the website itself?

Any insight would be appreciated :)

Hi there, I have been reading xkcd for years and somewhat recently using Firefox on macOS (Big Sur) I don't get the full mouse over text panel on the comics. I get some of the text panel, but most of it isn't rendered. Safari works fine, and I'm fairly confident that last time I tried Firefox on Windows it also worked fine. I'm just wondering if there is a bug on the mac version of Firefox, or if there is a setting I have wrong perhaps? Or maybe it's an issue with the website itself? Any insight would be appreciated :)

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It's a longstanding issue, we've even addons to solve it ;).

See for instance https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/xkcd-alt-text-display/

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TyDraniu
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It's a longstanding issue, we've even addons to solve it ;).

See for instance https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/xkcd-alt-text-display/

staticgerbil
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Now I wish I had asked sooner! My mornings can go back to being a single web browser experience :D

Thanks for the addon, works a treat.