[WEB4LIB] Javascript Question re: Netscape 6

[Edward Spodick, HKUST Library, 2358-6743]

At 9:38 AM -0500 7/1/2002 [their time], Thomas Dowling wrote:
>There may be an honest disagreement over what should happen when two objects try to set the window status simultaneously.  There's some discussion about how this works (and how it should work) at <http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=117857>.  The gist of the discussion is that the developers will be happy with either behavior, *as long as there remains a way for the user to get the href's URL.*

Heck - I have disagreement just in the 2 hemispheres of my own brain.  :)
Many times I have been annoyed not to be able to see the actual link in the status window of a site I have been visiting.  Nonetheless, we use the onmouseover event to try to display the ultimate destination to the user.  I would ove to see a way to provide both pieces of information - perhaps the status bar and a hovering 'tool tip' type text box.  But the existing mechanism is certainly open to abuse, so i have no real problem with browsers changing this behavior.  I just wanted to make sure I had not made any serious coding mistakes.  Thanks!

-Edward Spodick, Hong Kong
 lbspodic at ust.hk