Posted by Chris Ianson on 04/05/06 03:00

"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.

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?

> 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?...

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