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Expand image instead of going to URL? (lemm.ee)
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First, thanks for creating this community!

I liked about https://old.reddit.com/r/xkcd/ that you can expand the comic, even if the full URL was submitted (not just the image URL). This way, I could either peek the comic but stay where I am, or open the URL and still go to the XKCD site.

Recent example posts which do that:

  • xkcd 2794: Alphabet Notes
  • xkcd 2793: Garden Path Sentence
  • xkcd 2792: Summer Solstice

Here, posted comics look as if an image could be expanded, but it redirects me to XKCD instead.

Not sure how /r/xkcd did this. Any chance we can do a similar thing here?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

This post is old, but for what it's worth, the sync app handles xkcd links exceptionally well.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I think they just hotlinked to the image, that said, you'd lose the alt text by doing so.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Just tried making a new post that hotlinks the image instead of the html page, which I think is the behavior you were looking for.
I haven't figured out relative links for posts so just reload [email protected] it'll be there.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Found it; https://lemmy.world/post/848046

It achieves an expandable picture, yes. But it is only a picture.

When examining xkcd 2794 on the other site, I can note two differences:

  • The post does link to https://xkcd.com/2794/, not just to something.png
  • The expanded post includes the alt-text, but it seems to be part of the image. There is no manual text added. Besides, on the other site, you cannot post both a link and accompanying text.

There is also an xkcd_bot, which seems to include this format to each post:

Mobile Version! [link]

Direct image link: Alphabet Notes [link]

Mouseover text: Listen, you're very cute, but if you rearrange the alphabet to put U and I together it will RUIN the spacing!

Don't get it? explain xkcd [link]

Not sure if this bot is related to the image/URL behavior.

I especially liked that you can peek the image, but the post still refers to the full XKCD URL. And you also get the alt text, which I didn't notice at first.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think what you're describing is a feature of whatever client you're using for reddit. (I know Relay does/did that, RES likely does so too).
If I use just a browser, the 2794 post that's on reddit is the same behavior as here: tiny preview, no peek, link straight to the page

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Oh, you're right. I deleted my account yesterday, so deinstalling RES was only a logical next step. Yes, that seemed to be a RES feature.