Re: Misc: A warning to neologizers

[voxwoman <voxwoman -at- gmail -dot- com>]

On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 9:39 AM, McLauchlan, Kevin <
Kevin -dot- McLauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com> wrote:

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> Hovertext?
> OMG, I thought that was tooltips.
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> But seriously, my /w/e/a/p/o/n/ browser of choice (Firefox) truncates
> the hovertext on most of those cartoons, while the despised MSIE
> displays the whole thing.


Upgrade to FF3. That displays all the "alt" text (I call it that because
that's where it goes in the IMG tag). I like "hovertext" better than "alt"
text. To me, a tooltip is the hover text for a GUI tool (or the end of a
screwdriver or a pair of pliers).

-Wendy


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> Sigh.
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> I just hate it when the good guys **** up while the evil empire gets
> something right. It's just too lifelike.
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>  - Kevin
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