Android Any browsers support reading rollover text? Like xkcd?

sarah11918 · 09-29-2010, 10:16 AM

Surely someone else here must read xkcd.com -- has anyone discovered which browsers will/can display the text when you hover over the comic?

I can't figure out how to display it on the native browser, nor the built-in view for NewsRob RSS feed reader. I uninstalled Dolphin b/c it was acting up and I haven't bothered to install Opera Mini yet because normally my browsing is done in LastPass anyway, unless I want a native browser feature like send to e-ink or download a file.

Is there a browser that displays the text, or something I can be doing in the normal browser to access that text?

cheyennedonna · 09-29-2010, 11:12 AM

Doesn't seem to work on touchscreen devices, "No, there is not. Touch screen devices don't have 'mouseover' event
or :hover pseudoclass because there is no pointer at all." From a forum asking for help with getting page markers working in an app http://groups.google.com/group/googl...f20d088dd76612

sarah11918 · 09-29-2010, 09:01 PM

Thanks cheyennedonna,

I guess life will just be a little less funny for a while. I don't think I saw an option to "view source code" or anything like that, because that would have been the other thing I'd try. I'll have to get hubby to read me the mouseover jokes.

OncTech · 01-08-2011, 09:21 PM

Still not solved the rollover issue, but this XKCD viewer app probably has what you want: http://www.mediafire.com/?4l55mo3tszo3ud6

I retrieves rollover text and updates itself far as I can tell.

09-29-2010, 10:16 AM	#1
sarah11918 Edge User	Any browsers support reading rollover text? Like xkcd? Surely someone else here must read xkcd.com -- has anyone discovered which browsers will/can display the text when you hover over the comic? I can't figure out how to display it on the native browser, nor the built-in view for NewsRob RSS feed reader. I uninstalled Dolphin b/c it was acting up and I haven't bothered to install Opera Mini yet because normally my browsing is done in LastPass anyway, unless I want a native browser feature like send to e-ink or download a file. Is there a browser that displays the text, or something I can be doing in the normal browser to access that text?

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09-29-2010, 11:12 AM	#2
cheyennedonna Edge User	Doesn't seem to work on touchscreen devices, "No, there is not. Touch screen devices don't have 'mouseover' event or :hover pseudoclass because there is no pointer at all." From a forum asking for help with getting page markers working in an app http://groups.google.com/group/googl...f20d088dd76612

09-29-2010, 09:01 PM	#3
sarah11918 Edge User	Thanks cheyennedonna, I guess life will just be a little less funny for a while. I don't think I saw an option to "view source code" or anything like that, because that would have been the other thing I'd try. I'll have to get hubby to read me the mouseover jokes.

01-08-2011, 09:21 PM	#4
OncTech Edge User	Still not solved the rollover issue, but this XKCD viewer app probably has what you want: http://www.mediafire.com/?4l55mo3tszo3ud6 I retrieves rollover text and updates itself far as I can tell.

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