Hi

Does anyone know of any javascript where I can hover over a link and a description text appears in a window. Ugh, not a window - I need something similar to the IE ALT propertly - where a little banner appears with the text. Does anyone know what I'm on about here? <g>. I guess I need another layer to appear.

- wil

I've seen such scripts at Dynamic Drive.

=> http://www.dynamicdrive.com

Thanks for the reply. I found what I was looking for in the end. It's called a "ballon" effect after the "Ballon Help" system on the Macintosh. For those interested, the URL is at:

http://builder.cnet.com/...ir1.7690-8-6626257-1

- wil

Try;

<a href='http://www.somepage.com' title='whatever you want as alt'>text here</a>

Not exactly sure what supports it , but IE (after v5 i believe) definatly does

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Hi

Thanks. I've decided to go with the balloon help option (like they have on Apple Macs) as this looks much tidier. It immediately brings up the information. For a look on how I've used it, go to the following URL and roll your mouse over the number "3".

http://www.angleseyromance.com/...fers/map.html;id=83;

PS. Why do you always include lots of in your messages? :-\

- wil

Lol...cos I like 'em




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ONLY works in IE 5.0 and above. Doesn't work at all in Netscape (supposed to work in 6.X, but doesn't) and other browsers, like Opera.
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It works on all versions of Netscape and IE on an Apple Macintosh (I believe, yet to be confirmed) as it takes advantage of the Apple Balloon Help function.

It looks fine on Mozilla, too.

- wil

Doesn't work on Netscape 4.x (linux version anyways).
You might want to try overlib instead (search google or something).

Adrian

Should've been more specific...doesn't work in Netscape and earlier versions of IE for PCs.
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I think that's good enough coverage for my audience. 97% of the dim-wits use IE. :-\

- wil

I can't resist... (sorry if this starts up another flamewar)


a) you're calling all your clients idiots

and

b) 97% of the world can't be wrong. maybe it's that 3% that doesn't have a clue.

--Philip
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1. I call everyone who uses IE dim-wits ;-)

2. But does that 97% of the world have a choice? If you're new users signing up with a free AOL cd that comes shiped with Microsoft IE. If you're buying a new computer with any version of Windows that comes shipped wtih IE. Do you really have a choice? Are you really bothered to wait fro a 5 hour download on a 28k modem for a different browser? How would a new user even know that there was mroe than one web browser out there?

- wil

Try these, there cross browser
This one is nice -
http://javascript.internet.com/messages/overlib.html
and another -
http://javascript.internet.com/...scription-layer.html

Bob
http://totallyfreeads.com

WOW. I hope you don't link to this web site from your professional site then. If I were one of your clients I'd fire you right away if I saw that comment.

You just proved that AOL has no right to claim damages in Microsofts antitrust suits!

Yes. When I buy a computer I buy each part seperately, so I don't pay for hundreds of useless programs. Sure it comes with IE, but as a developer, I usually keep a copy of Netscape and Opera around somewhere. Anyway, everyone has the right to choose any of the dozens of browsers that exist. It's a users own fault if they choose to be ignorant or lazy and not exercise their right to choose.

If I really felt there was a better browser out there I would certainly wait out the time.

In the same way a simple look through there desktop would prove that there are more ISP's than AOL (connection wizard??...), a search at any search engine would prove there are more browsers than IE.

Yes, Regis, that's my final answer ;-)

--Philip
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Clients? I don't work for any clients.


That was not a point I was trying to make in this thread. I agree wtih you that they haven't got a leg to stand on. However, I'm glad that another big company are throwing their weight behind it.


It took me more than 3 months to figure out that Compuserve was not the internet when I first logged on - this was at the time when they were completly seperare, and you couldn't even email outside of the CS network and vice versa. It took me another few months to discover the world wide web, and then a little while longer to discover Netscape after using SpyGlass Mosaic for so long.

Is that what you call lazy? If your new PC comes with Microsoft Office installed. How many of us actually bother to go downloading StarWord or something as an alternative to Word? How many of us go and download another spreadsheet application instead of Excel?


Over and out.

- wil

so... you work for/with somebody... and they would take offense. guess you missed the point.

so... it's a point I wanted to make

my computers don't come with anything installed. :-) On the other hand, if I had Office, I wouldn't be bothered to try to get other software because I personally think Office is a nice suite of software.

Now look what I did. Sorry Wil, feel free to post all the BS you want but I'm not going to reply to you anymore.

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Well I wasn't going to post in this thread but I just found something that sums up the thread perfectly....

1) Any fisherman can tell you about trolling -- you cast out your line and slowly drag it along, waiting for some fish to come along and grab the bait and get hooked.
It's a time-honored tradition on Usenet as well, one that newcomers can easily find themselves ensnared in, often to their dismay (and the delight of the allegedly more experienced trollers who catch them).

2) The basic idea behind Usenet trolling is to post a ridiculous message and then sit back and watch as newcomers (and some veterans) try to tear into it. A really simple troll might be to post a message in a Star Trek newsgroup telling participants to get a life, or to post something like "101 Uses for a Dead Cat" in rec.pets.cats. If the troller's lucky, people will rise to his flame bait, sometimes so vehemently that the newsgroup becomes engulfed in a flamewar that completely drowns out all other discussions.

3)Veteran trollers, however, usually display more subtlety than that. Sometimes, they start out with seemingly innocuous postings. Over a period of days, however, their messages grow more strident. And as people begin to argue with them, the game is on. Sometimes, trollers will go after a single person they know will bite hard on the proferred bait (that they know this often indicates that the trollee has, himself, displayed some behavior others might find objectionable).

So what do you do? If you see a message that looks like the sender is just crusin' for a bruisin', first, count to 10. Just because you *can* reply doesn't mean you have to. Remember that the best way to deal with annoying on-line people is to ignore them -- they thrive on making others irate.

Good advice, Paul. Hopefully you will re-read that again and learn. I've mentioned to you before about your Tolling habits.

- wil