MSE annoying feature

poppasmurf_bewdley

bod1467 wrote: »

It's called a Tooltip. I'm sure it would be possible to write a custom stylesheet (in your browser) for use with MSE forum to disable it. No idea what/how at this juncture though.

Well at least I now know what the thing is called.

The Ctrl thing doesn't work for me on IE9.

It would certainly seem I'm in the minority on this issue, but I sure hope other forums I use don't start using it. Only one - Talkford - does so at the moment.

I'll keep on hoping that someone somewhere can come up with a switch off solution.

custardy

its not something i really notice
I just scroll and click any link i like
Im not really lingering on the list of threads long, and the pop up downt interfere with clicking

espresso

poppasmurf_bewdley wrote: »

Well at least I now know what the thing is called.

The Ctrl thing doesn't work for me on IE9.

It would certainly seem I'm in the minority on this issue, but I sure hope other forums I use don't start using it. Only one - Talkford - does so at the moment.

I'll keep on hoping that someone somewhere can come up with a switch off solution.

It works in IE6 which is the last version of IE that I ever used - I can't understand why people still use IE when there are far better browsers available e.g. Firefox, Opera etc.

If you want to disable tooltips in Firefox, type about:config into the address bar. Search for browser.chrome.toolbar_tips by typing browser.chro into the filter box. Once you have found the item, double-click on it to change it from true to false.

Simples and a better browser to boot.

SteveJH200

JimmyTheWig wrote: »

I'm with what appears to be the majority in finding the tooltip very helpful.
In fact, I'd like it to stay up for longer - I often find myself hovering over a thread and then having to switch to another then return to get the tooltip back again after it has "timed out".

It stays for as long as you want it to in Linux using the Chrome browser:)

JimmyTheWig

espresso wrote: »

I can't understand why people still use IE when there are far better browsers available e.g. Firefox, Opera etc.

Whenever I try using others I always seem to find something isn't particularly compatable with it.
Can't remember any specific examples, though.

poppasmurf_bewdley

from Expresso:
"If you want to disable tooltips in Firefox, type about:config into the address bar. Search for browser.chrome.toolbar_tips by typing browser.chro into the filter box. Once you have found the item, double-click on it to change it from true to false."

I've got Firefox on my computer as my daughter sometimes uses it.

I've tried the above but when I get to type "browser.chro " in the filter box I get a list of .... nothing!

espresso

poppasmurf_bewdley wrote: »

from Expresso:
"If you want to disable tooltips in Firefox, type about:config into the address bar. Search for browser.chrome.toolbar_tips by typing browser.chro into the filter box. Once you have found the item, double-click on it to change it from true to false."

I've got Firefox on my computer as my daughter sometimes uses it.

I've tried the above but when I get to type "browser.chro " in the filter box I get a list of .... nothing!

I've just filtered on tips and the following single line came up:

browser.chrome.toolbar_tips..........default.......... boolean..........true

poppasmurf_bewdley

espresso wrote: »

I've just filtered on tips and the following single line came up:

browser.chrome.toolbar_tips..........default.......... boolean..........true

Thank You. That works. :T:T:T:beer:

I'll just have to get used to using Firefox for some browsing now.

Mr_Toad

espresso wrote: »

I can't understand why people still use IE when there are far better browsers available e.g. Firefox, Opera etc.

Browsers are such a personal thing. People take a dislike to one or another or there's a bug or security loophole so they change and never go back even if the problems are fixed.

I'm a Firefox user on my Mac but we use IE at work. We were on XP and IE7 I think but my laptop has just been replaced and our latest corporate build is Win7 and IE9.

I find it a very competent browser, faster than the older versions and as far as I can tell every bit the equal of Firefox for general use.

I used to have multiple browsers on my home machine and to be honest non of them struck me as significantly better than the others. I think Firefox got picked because it did Tabs rather than multiple windows but they all do tabs now.

custardy

masonn wrote: »

Browsers are such a personal thing. People take a dislike to one or another or there's a bug or security loophole so they change and never go back even if the problems are fixed.

I'm a Firefox user on my Mac but we use IE at work. We were on XP and IE7 I think but my laptop has just been replaced and our latest corporate build is Win7 and IE9.

I find it a very competent browser, faster than the older versions and as far as I can tell every bit the equal of Firefox for general use.

I used to have multiple browsers on my home machine and to be honest non of them struck me as significantly better than the others. I think Firefox got picked because it did Tabs rather than multiple windows but they all do tabs now.

cough Opera

I've been on Opera for years
as you say its much of a muchness nowadays,I'm just used to Opera and with the linking accroos platforms on Opera link
its just easier now