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Posted by dorayme on 04/05/06 05:23
In article <zMDYf.48098$wl.46222@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk>,
"Chris Ianson" <notme@hotmail.com> wrote:
> "dorayme" <doraymeRidThis@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
> news:doraymeRidThis-37233C.09501405042006@news-vip.optusnet.com.au...
>
> > I would take Dylan Parry's advice about including important
> > descriptions in the text of "the" or "a" page. You could work
> > with the title tooltip (I agree, annoyingly timing-out) by
> > keeping the tooltip very short and easy to read, perhaps even
> > with a pointer to more elsewhere... like "see more at right
> > panel" or something...)
>
> Thanks, that is an answer, although a JS solution would be nicer.
> 'nicetitle' works great for hyperlink screentips.
Yes, perhaps for those who have js on. There are a chunk of folk
who do not, this might vary between classes... The big point is
this, if it quite important info, best not to rely on js.
>
> Is it true that alt= only acts as a tooltip in IE, whereas title= works as a
> tooltip in all browsers? If so, is the timeout the same as with IE?
>
alt does not trip any tooltip text on my MacIE but title, of
course, does. Nor on other browsers that I have noticed. Safari
does have a longer time, 10 sec!
> > What is the purpose of this time out? Surely the timeout should
> > be very quick when the mouse leaves the area, not when it might
> > be deliberately hovering over the area concerned?
>
> I agree! Perhaps Bill thinks we have short attention spans. Now what was
> my name again?...
I had supposed there might be this reason, but really, I am no
js/browser interaction expert: if it did not disappear quickly
there would be left a trail of tooltips around. But this is not
so, Safari hangs on only when the mouse is appropriately
positioned. Anyone know the reason for a timeout, given that if a
user moves away, it stops anyway? Soon as I post this, I will
think of something. Or not!
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dorayme
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