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RE: SUMMARY: Spelling out acronyms at first mention
Subject:RE: SUMMARY: Spelling out acronyms at first mention From:"Susan W. Gallagher" <sgallagher -at- kinzan -dot- com> To:"'Gilda_Spitz -at- markham -dot- longview -dot- ca'" <Gilda_Spitz -at- markham -dot- longview -dot- ca>, TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 13 Oct 2000 10:59:14 -0700
> Hmmmm. I could have sworn I read somewhere that you can't
> have popups in HTML...Is there some way around it?
>
Let's think outside the box for a minute, here.
AFAIK, most of the new browsers display alt tags in little tooltip-type
bubbles when the mouse cursor rests over them. So, create a small graphic
to snuggle in beside the acronym and put the definition in the alt tag.
Waddaya think???
Sue Gallagher
sgallagher -at- kinzan -dot- com
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