November 26th, 2008
Overlib [example] is nice enough, I guess, but I still think the ideal popup behaviour for definitions (seen on 'mouse-over') is the example set by the old microsoft-help model… (seen in 'mshtml').
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HERE’S HOW MS HELP BEHAVES:
if you POINT at link, nothing happens. (changes to HAND icon).
if you PAUSE at link, a small TITLE box comes up : “View definition”
if you CLICK on the link, the overlaid window OVERLAPS THE WORD and STAYS THERE
until … you CLICK ANYWHERE !!!
(click on the popup, click on the main page, click outside the window…. anything.)
THE WINDOW CLOSES ON LEFT CLICK _AND_ RIGHT CLICK.
THE ONLY EXCEPTION TO THIS “CLICK ANYWHERE” behaviour is if you click
on a link in the POPUP itself. In this case, it opens the new definition in the exact
same location.
Relevant Google Search ("dhtml popups")
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