Preview Pop Up

milkman · Jul 15, 2007

MikePA said:
No, you can not.

In this thread alone, 3 like it, 2 do not. Seems a simple solution for those that don't like it to simply not hover their mouse where these previews appear.

When I'm reading and scrolling with my scroll wheel, that's when the popups get in the way, guess I'll just have to park the pointer off to the side somewhere.

Gatorboy · Jul 15, 2007

milkman said:
When I put my cursor over the title of a thread, or a user name, or any underlined topic, there is an annoying, to me, pop up with a short preview, or description of the content.

This must be an Internet Explorer browser 'feature' -- for it doesn't do it with Mozilla -- except for the title of an image (those popup). Either way, I think that is a browser issue, not a forum issue.

Inspector507 · Jul 15, 2007

milkman said:
'Tis easy to turn off the pop-up balloons in XP:

Same for the antique WinME

Ibrahim · Jul 16, 2007

Just for the record: While we do listen to user input a LOT on TBN, we don't have votes for site features where "majority rules." So don't get into a contest about who can drum up more support on each side.

Our focus has, and continues to be, keeping TBN running fast, free, and as useful as possible. Tooltip Popups have been part of computers for a long time. While you can turn off some of them, you can't all. There is no easy-fix for us to enable an option for people to have or not have the tooltips. So it's not something we'd seriously look at changing.

-Ibrahim

milkman · Jul 17, 2007

Ibrahim said:
Just for the record: While we do listen to user input a LOT on TBN, we don't have votes for site features where "majority rules." So don't get into a contest about who can drum up more support on each side.

Our focus has, and continues to be, keeping TBN running fast, free, and as useful as possible. Tooltip Popups have been part of computers for a long time. While you can turn off some of them, you can't all. There is no easy-fix for us to enable an option for people to have or not have the tooltips. So it's not something we'd seriously look at changing.

-Ibrahim

My questions were, is this a feature of this site, or my OS, and can I turn it off, I didn't ask for votes, YOU answered my questions THANKS.