Roll over option.

Fonkay · Post by **Fonkay** » Mon May 22, 2006 10:42 am

I've seen a feature on a few other forums, and was wondering if there was any interest or possiblity of it being implemented here.
It allows you to read the first few lines of a topic when you roll over the title. It shows up in a little popup window type thing. I'm not sure if it only works in IE since the window looks very similar.
I think it would be very handy.

In case what I've written is confusing, since I'm only 1/2 awake:

iceman · Post by **iceman** » Mon May 22, 2006 1:17 pm

heh clicking on the image gave me

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FULL DUPLEX PANTS

Post by **Tank Program** » Mon May 22, 2006 3:21 pm

Iceman, http://forums.armagetronad.net/viewtopic.php?t=3470

Fonkay, looks interesting, not sure if that's for us though.

Fonkay · Post by **Fonkay** » Mon May 22, 2006 8:30 pm

May I be so bold as to ask you to elaborate?

Sabarai · Post by **Sabarai** » Mon May 22, 2006 9:27 pm

Wouldn't that be chaos when you move your mouse from one end to another?

Fonkay · Post by **Fonkay** » Tue May 23, 2006 1:34 am

No, not really. Like most things it take a few seconds for it to pop up. So if you move over it quickly it does nothing. But if you hold your cursor over the title of the topic, it pop ups.

wrtlprnft · Post by **wrtlprnft** » Tue May 23, 2006 1:46 am

To be useful at all it would either have to use AJAX (complicated and affected by lag) or include all the previews in the page (big bloat of the page, extra traffic, slower, and duplicate content en masse)

Phytotron · Post by **Phytotron** » Tue May 23, 2006 6:39 am

You trying to install a turbo in your car? Fonkay go fast. Vroom vroom?

Fonkay · Post by **Fonkay** » Tue May 23, 2006 10:12 am

Hehe, no. Just the one I hovered over.

Website · Post by **Z-Man** » Tue May 23, 2006 10:39 am

I open all posts anyway, so for me, this feature would be a waste

Fonkay · Post by **Fonkay** » Tue May 23, 2006 11:54 am

It's also very helpful for when search for an old post.
But the point was mostly to see if there was any interest. Since there obviously isn't, we can leave it at that.