Status Line Message

This lets you display messages on the browser's Status Line when you move (hover) the mouse over a link instead of the actual HTML link. The JavaScript, HTML, and an example are provided.

While this looks nice most people don't look at the Status Line very often, and those that do generally want to see the link reference.

<script language="JavaScript">
function DisplayMsg(msg) {
     status=msg;
     }
</script>

<a onmouseover="DisplayMsg('Text Message');return true"
   onmouseout="DisplayMsg(' ');return true"
   href="link_address">link goes here</a>