Re: onmouseover routine

[Vahan Yerkanian <root@multi-m.arminco.com>]

On Thu, 15 Feb 1996, Mark Richards <webmaster@deerfield.com> wrote:
>
>
>Well, here's one of my site URLs as an example....
>http://www.ricksmith.com/designs.htm
>
>A very simple routine. If you let the mouse cursor hover above a link, it
>states the purpose of the link. Like this....
>
><a
>href="http://www.ricksmith.com/sigcour.htm"onMouseOver="window.status='Click
>here to visit the famous Rick Smith Signature Course';return true">Rick
>Smith's "Signature" Course</a>
>
>Weird thing is, when I load this document, it does not work (nothing shows
>up in the status area).... not until I press the "back" button and then go
>"forward" again. Then it works fine.
>No one else is having this problem?
>
>

I have the same problem. I guess it's bu..  oops, udocumented feature of 
Netscape Navigator 2.0 Release. ;-) Anyone has any workaround?

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