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Rectangles, rectangles and more rectangles!
OK, I wasn't seeing Balloons. I was seeing rectangles and thought they were
referred to as balloons. These rectangles appear on top of what your mouse cursor goes over and generally duplicate what you probably already see. Anywhere on the bottom bar, system tray or task bar - everything, a rectangle will pop up on top of whatever icon is there and show it's name. Menu bars, task bars, navigation bars, search bars almost any bar where there is an icon. In a browser program such as FireFox, when the cursor goes over a bookmark it duplicates the name of the bookmark. Maybe someone has a real name for these? -- JimL The purpose of complicated software is to provide excitement for geeks with not enough to do; busy people can go suck eggs. Winstun Churchhill |
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Rectangles, rectangles and more rectangles!
"JimL" wrote in message ... OK, I wasn't seeing Balloons. I was seeing rectangles and thought they were referred to as balloons. These rectangles appear on top of what your mouse cursor goes over and generally duplicate what you probably already see. Anywhere on the bottom bar, system tray or task bar - everything, a rectangle will pop up on top of whatever icon is there and show it's name. Menu bars, task bars, navigation bars, search bars almost any bar where there is an icon. In a browser program such as FireFox, when the cursor goes over a bookmark it duplicates the name of the bookmark. Maybe someone has a real name for these? -- JimL The purpose of complicated software is to provide excitement for geeks with not enough to do; busy people can go suck eggs. Winstun Churchhill Tooltips -- JS http://www.pagestart.com |
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Rectangles, rectangles and more rectangles!
"JimL" wrote in message ... OK, I wasn't seeing Balloons. I was seeing rectangles and thought they were referred to as balloons. These rectangles appear on top of what your mouse cursor goes over and generally duplicate what you probably already see. Anywhere on the bottom bar, system tray or task bar - everything, a rectangle will pop up on top of whatever icon is there and show it's name. Menu bars, task bars, navigation bars, search bars almost any bar where there is an icon. In a browser program such as FireFox, when the cursor goes over a bookmark it duplicates the name of the bookmark. Maybe someone has a real name for these? -- JimL The purpose of complicated software is to provide excitement for geeks with not enough to do; busy people can go suck eggs. Winstun Churchhill Tooltips -- JS http://www.pagestart.com |
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Rectangles, rectangles and more rectangles!
"JS" @ wrote in message ...
"JimL" wrote in message ... OK, I wasn't seeing Balloons. I was seeing rectangles and thought they were referred to as balloons. These rectangles appear on top of what your mouse cursor goes over and generally duplicate what you probably already see. Anywhere on the bottom bar, system tray or task bar - everything, a rectangle will pop up on top of whatever icon is there and show it's name. Menu bars, task bars, navigation bars, search bars almost any bar where there is an icon. In a browser program such as FireFox, when the cursor goes over a bookmark it duplicates the name of the bookmark. Maybe someone has a real name for these? Tooltips Aha! Now if I could just find out how to turn them off. A couple hours of Googling got me a lot of esoteric techno babble. Thanks -- JimL |
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Rectangles, rectangles and more rectangles!
"JS" @ wrote in message ...
"JimL" wrote in message ... OK, I wasn't seeing Balloons. I was seeing rectangles and thought they were referred to as balloons. These rectangles appear on top of what your mouse cursor goes over and generally duplicate what you probably already see. Anywhere on the bottom bar, system tray or task bar - everything, a rectangle will pop up on top of whatever icon is there and show it's name. Menu bars, task bars, navigation bars, search bars almost any bar where there is an icon. In a browser program such as FireFox, when the cursor goes over a bookmark it duplicates the name of the bookmark. Maybe someone has a real name for these? Tooltips Aha! Now if I could just find out how to turn them off. A couple hours of Googling got me a lot of esoteric techno babble. Thanks -- JimL |
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Rectangles, rectangles and more rectangles!
JimL wrote:
"JS" @ wrote in message ... "JimL" wrote in message ... OK, I wasn't seeing Balloons. I was seeing rectangles and thought they were referred to as balloons. These rectangles appear on top of what your mouse cursor goes over and generally duplicate what you probably already see. Anywhere on the bottom bar, system tray or task bar - everything, a rectangle will pop up on top of whatever icon is there and show it's name. Menu bars, task bars, navigation bars, search bars almost any bar where there is an icon. In a browser program such as FireFox, when the cursor goes over a bookmark it duplicates the name of the bookmark. Maybe someone has a real name for these? Tooltips Aha! Now if I could just find out how to turn them off. A couple hours of Googling got me a lot of esoteric techno babble. Thanks I've never tried these but all I did was search for "turn off tool tips" http://www.theeldergeek.com/tool_tip_displays.htm http://pcs.suite101.com/article.cfm/...l_tip_displays -- JD.. |
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Rectangles, rectangles and more rectangles!
JimL wrote:
"JS" @ wrote in message ... "JimL" wrote in message ... OK, I wasn't seeing Balloons. I was seeing rectangles and thought they were referred to as balloons. These rectangles appear on top of what your mouse cursor goes over and generally duplicate what you probably already see. Anywhere on the bottom bar, system tray or task bar - everything, a rectangle will pop up on top of whatever icon is there and show it's name. Menu bars, task bars, navigation bars, search bars almost any bar where there is an icon. In a browser program such as FireFox, when the cursor goes over a bookmark it duplicates the name of the bookmark. Maybe someone has a real name for these? Tooltips Aha! Now if I could just find out how to turn them off. A couple hours of Googling got me a lot of esoteric techno babble. Thanks I've never tried these but all I did was search for "turn off tool tips" http://www.theeldergeek.com/tool_tip_displays.htm http://pcs.suite101.com/article.cfm/...l_tip_displays -- JD.. |
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Rectangles, rectangles and more rectangles!
"JimL" wrote in message ... "JS" @ wrote in message ... "JimL" wrote in message ... OK, I wasn't seeing Balloons. I was seeing rectangles and thought they were referred to as balloons. These rectangles appear on top of what your mouse cursor goes over and generally duplicate what you probably already see. Anywhere on the bottom bar, system tray or task bar - everything, a rectangle will pop up on top of whatever icon is there and show it's name. Menu bars, task bars, navigation bars, search bars almost any bar where there is an icon. In a browser program such as FireFox, when the cursor goes over a bookmark it duplicates the name of the bookmark. Maybe someone has a real name for these? Tooltips Aha! Now if I could just find out how to turn them off. A couple hours of Googling got me a lot of esoteric techno babble. Thanks -- JimL Kelly's Korner: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_t.htm Search for: Tool Tips - Disable (about half way down the page) -- JS http://www.pagestart.com |
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Rectangles, rectangles and more rectangles!
"JimL" wrote in message ... "JS" @ wrote in message ... "JimL" wrote in message ... OK, I wasn't seeing Balloons. I was seeing rectangles and thought they were referred to as balloons. These rectangles appear on top of what your mouse cursor goes over and generally duplicate what you probably already see. Anywhere on the bottom bar, system tray or task bar - everything, a rectangle will pop up on top of whatever icon is there and show it's name. Menu bars, task bars, navigation bars, search bars almost any bar where there is an icon. In a browser program such as FireFox, when the cursor goes over a bookmark it duplicates the name of the bookmark. Maybe someone has a real name for these? Tooltips Aha! Now if I could just find out how to turn them off. A couple hours of Googling got me a lot of esoteric techno babble. Thanks -- JimL Kelly's Korner: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_t.htm Search for: Tool Tips - Disable (about half way down the page) -- JS http://www.pagestart.com |
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Rectangles, rectangles and more rectangles!
"JD" wrote in message
... JimL wrote: "JS" @ wrote in message ... "JimL" wrote in message ... OK, I wasn't seeing Balloons. I was seeing rectangles and thought they were referred to as balloons. These rectangles appear on top of what your mouse cursor goes over and generally duplicate what you probably already see. Anywhere on the bottom bar, system tray or task bar - everything, a rectangle will pop up on top of whatever icon is there and show it's name. Menu bars, task bars, navigation bars, search bars almost any bar where there is an icon. In a browser program such as FireFox, when the cursor goes over a bookmark it duplicates the name of the bookmark. Maybe someone has a real name for these? Tooltips Aha! Now if I could just find out how to turn them off. A couple hours of Googling got me a lot of esoteric techno babble. Thanks I've never tried these but all I did was search for "turn off tool tips" http://www.theeldergeek.com/tool_tip_displays.htm http://pcs.suite101.com/article.cfm/...l_tip_displays Yes, those are both the same thing. I _have_ tried them - in fact the settings are still in there. But the little irritating boxes still chase my mouse curser around. Thanks. -- JimL |
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Rectangles, rectangles and more rectangles!
"JD" wrote in message
... JimL wrote: "JS" @ wrote in message ... "JimL" wrote in message ... OK, I wasn't seeing Balloons. I was seeing rectangles and thought they were referred to as balloons. These rectangles appear on top of what your mouse cursor goes over and generally duplicate what you probably already see. Anywhere on the bottom bar, system tray or task bar - everything, a rectangle will pop up on top of whatever icon is there and show it's name. Menu bars, task bars, navigation bars, search bars almost any bar where there is an icon. In a browser program such as FireFox, when the cursor goes over a bookmark it duplicates the name of the bookmark. Maybe someone has a real name for these? Tooltips Aha! Now if I could just find out how to turn them off. A couple hours of Googling got me a lot of esoteric techno babble. Thanks I've never tried these but all I did was search for "turn off tool tips" http://www.theeldergeek.com/tool_tip_displays.htm http://pcs.suite101.com/article.cfm/...l_tip_displays Yes, those are both the same thing. I _have_ tried them - in fact the settings are still in there. But the little irritating boxes still chase my mouse curser around. Thanks. -- JimL |
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Rectangles, rectangles and more rectangles!
"JS" @ wrote in message ...
"JimL" wrote in message ... "JS" @ wrote in message ... "JimL" wrote in message ... OK, I wasn't seeing Balloons. I was seeing rectangles and thought they were referred to as balloons. These rectangles appear on top of what your mouse cursor goes over and generally duplicate what you probably already see. Anywhere on the bottom bar, system tray or task bar - everything, a rectangle will pop up on top of whatever icon is there and show it's name. Menu bars, task bars, navigation bars, search bars almost any bar where there is an icon. In a browser program such as FireFox, when the cursor goes over a bookmark it duplicates the name of the bookmark. Maybe someone has a real name for these? Tooltips Aha! Now if I could just find out how to turn them off. A couple hours of Googling got me a lot of esoteric techno babble. Thanks -- JimL Kelly's Korner: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_t.htm Search for: Tool Tips - Disable (about half way down the page) -- JS http://www.pagestart.com Yes, that's the same one as JD posted, only from a different place. I've found that one all over the internet, but it doesn't kill the peripatetic, mentally challenged rectangles. Thanks -- JimL |
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Rectangles, rectangles and more rectangles!
"JS" @ wrote in message ...
"JimL" wrote in message ... "JS" @ wrote in message ... "JimL" wrote in message ... OK, I wasn't seeing Balloons. I was seeing rectangles and thought they were referred to as balloons. These rectangles appear on top of what your mouse cursor goes over and generally duplicate what you probably already see. Anywhere on the bottom bar, system tray or task bar - everything, a rectangle will pop up on top of whatever icon is there and show it's name. Menu bars, task bars, navigation bars, search bars almost any bar where there is an icon. In a browser program such as FireFox, when the cursor goes over a bookmark it duplicates the name of the bookmark. Maybe someone has a real name for these? Tooltips Aha! Now if I could just find out how to turn them off. A couple hours of Googling got me a lot of esoteric techno babble. Thanks -- JimL Kelly's Korner: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_t.htm Search for: Tool Tips - Disable (about half way down the page) -- JS http://www.pagestart.com Yes, that's the same one as JD posted, only from a different place. I've found that one all over the internet, but it doesn't kill the peripatetic, mentally challenged rectangles. Thanks -- JimL |
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