Show alt-text for images where available

[hirnsushi]

It would be great if the alt-text of images could be displayed underneath (in light gray perhaps), or maybe in the fullscreen image viewer.

My personal usecase is the xkcd feed where part of each comic is the captions in the alt-text.
It might also benefit accessibility, although I'm not a screen reader user myself so I can't speek to how the app is presented in that context, it might already read out alt-text. At the very least it would make it possible to get to the additional information the author might have added.

[jocmp]

hey @hirnsushi - I haven't forgotten about this. I think it's a good idea and I like the suggestion to show it as a description in the fullscreen image. I'm tracking this here: #427

[jocmp]

Small update. I have alt text working in the fullscreen viewer. I'll include it in the next release. Here's a demo of it working with xkcd.

[jocmp]

This feature is live in the latest build, 2024.11.1075-dev.