What's this web page feature called?

[JoeSpareBedroom[_2_]]

On the yahoo home page, if the mouse pointer hovers over items in the "My
Favorites" list, a floating window opens up.

http://m.www.yahoo.com/?r0=1258393277

Or

www.yahoo.com

which takes you to the first link.

What's that feature called? I'm trying to find a way to disable it in IE 8.
No clear responses since yesterday. I'm hoping maybe someone here has enough
page design knowledge to just provide a bit of vocabulary.

[David B.[_2_]]

This group deals with Windows XP issues, the internetexplorer.general group
would be a better place to ask.

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"JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote in message
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> On the yahoo home page, if the mouse pointer hovers over items in the "My
> Favorites" list, a floating window opens up.
>
> http://m.www.yahoo.com/?r0=1258393277
>
> Or
>
> www.yahoo.com
>
> which takes you to the first link.
>
> What's that feature called? I'm trying to find a way to disable it in IE
> 8. No clear responses since yesterday. I'm hoping maybe someone here has
> enough page design knowledge to just provide a bit of vocabulary.
>

[JoeSpareBedroom[_2_]]

That's what I thought, which is why I recommended it to a friend who's got
the same question. He hasn't recieved a definitive answer. And I'm not
looking for help with IE. I'm simply looking for the name of the web feature
which creates the floating "windows". Once I have that bit of terminology, I
can search for a way to block it, if it exists.

Do you know the name of that web feature? It's not specific to IE8.



"David B." > wrote in message
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> This group deals with Windows XP issues, the internetexplorer.general
> group would be a better place to ask.
>
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>
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> "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On the yahoo home page, if the mouse pointer hovers over items in the "My
>> Favorites" list, a floating window opens up.
>>
>> http://m.www.yahoo.com/?r0=1258393277
>>
>> Or
>>
>> www.yahoo.com
>>
>> which takes you to the first link.
>>
>> What's that feature called? I'm trying to find a way to disable it in IE
>> 8. No clear responses since yesterday. I'm hoping maybe someone here has
>> enough page design knowledge to just provide a bit of vocabulary.
>>
>

[Terry R.[_2_]]

On 11/16/2009 9:44 AM On a whim, JoeSpareBedroom pounded out on the keyboard

> On the yahoo home page, if the mouse pointer hovers over items in the "My
> Favorites" list, a floating window opens up.
>
> http://m.www.yahoo.com/?r0=1258393277
>
> Or
>
> www.yahoo.com
>
> which takes you to the first link.
>
> What's that feature called? I'm trying to find a way to disable it in IE 8.
> No clear responses since yesterday. I'm hoping maybe someone here has enough
> page design knowledge to just provide a bit of vocabulary.
>
>

Other than the site heavily using Javascript, I don't know what else you
might be referring to.

I use Firefox and the NoScript add-on. When I went to the site the menu
bar is prevented from working.

If IE offers an option or add-on to disable JS by site, this will solve
your issue.


Terry R.
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[JoeSpareBedroom[_2_]]

"Terry R." > wrote in message
...
> On 11/16/2009 9:44 AM On a whim, JoeSpareBedroom pounded out on the
> keyboard
>
>> On the yahoo home page, if the mouse pointer hovers over items in the "My
>> Favorites" list, a floating window opens up.
>>
>> http://m.www.yahoo.com/?r0=1258393277
>>
>> Or
>>
>> www.yahoo.com
>>
>> which takes you to the first link.
>>
>> What's that feature called? I'm trying to find a way to disable it in IE
>> 8.
>> No clear responses since yesterday. I'm hoping maybe someone here has
>> enough
>> page design knowledge to just provide a bit of vocabulary.
>>
>>
>
> Other than the site heavily using Javascript, I don't know what else you
> might be referring to.
>
> I use Firefox and the NoScript add-on. When I went to the site the menu
> bar is prevented from working.
>
> If IE offers an option or add-on to disable JS by site, this will solve
> your issue.
>
>
> Terry R.


In IE, can you still click on the JS-disabled menu the normal way, or is it
totally dead at that point?

[Terry R.[_2_]]

On 11/16/2009 3:20 PM On a whim, JoeSpareBedroom pounded out on the keyboard

> "Terry > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 11/16/2009 9:44 AM On a whim, JoeSpareBedroom pounded out on the
>> keyboard
>>
>>> On the yahoo home page, if the mouse pointer hovers over items in the "My
>>> Favorites" list, a floating window opens up.
>>>
>>> http://m.www.yahoo.com/?r0=1258393277
>>>
>>> Or
>>>
>>> www.yahoo.com
>>>
>>> which takes you to the first link.
>>>
>>> What's that feature called? I'm trying to find a way to disable it in IE
>>> 8.
>>> No clear responses since yesterday. I'm hoping maybe someone here has
>>> enough
>>> page design knowledge to just provide a bit of vocabulary.
>>>
>>>
>> Other than the site heavily using Javascript, I don't know what else you
>> might be referring to.
>>
>> I use Firefox and the NoScript add-on. When I went to the site the menu
>> bar is prevented from working.
>>
>> If IE offers an option or add-on to disable JS by site, this will solve
>> your issue.
>>
>>
>> Terry R.
>
>
> In IE, can you still click on the JS-disabled menu the normal way, or is it
> totally dead at that point?
>
>

Not using IE, but in FF the links still work, only the expandable
windows no longer pop out.



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[Lem[_2_]]

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
> On the yahoo home page, if the mouse pointer hovers over items in the "My
> Favorites" list, a floating window opens up.
>
> http://m.www.yahoo.com/?r0=1258393277
>
> Or
>
> www.yahoo.com
>
> which takes you to the first link.
>
> What's that feature called? I'm trying to find a way to disable it in IE 8.
> No clear responses since yesterday. I'm hoping maybe someone here has enough
> page design knowledge to just provide a bit of vocabulary.
>
>

Generically, "mouseover."

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