What's this web page feature called?

[JoeSpareBedroom]

On the yahoo home page, if the mouse pointer hovers over items in the "My
Favorites" list, a floating window opens up.

http://m.www.yahoo.com/?r0=1258393277

Or

www.yahoo.com

which takes you to the first link.

What's that feature called? I'm trying to find a way to disable it in IE 8.
No clear responses since yesterday. I'm hoping maybe someone here has enough
page design knowledge to just provide a bit of vocabulary.

 

[JoeSpareBedroom]

That's what I thought, which is why I recommended it to a friend who's got
the same question. He hasn't recieved a definitive answer. And I'm not
looking for help with IE. I'm simply looking for the name of the web feature
which creates the floating "windows". Once I have that bit of terminology, I
can search for a way to block it, if it exists.

Do you know the name of that web feature? It's not specific to IE8.

 

[Terry R.]

On 11/16/2009 9:44 AM On a whim, JoeSpareBedroom pounded out on the keyboard

On the yahoo home page, if the mouse pointer hovers over items in the "My
Favorites" list, a floating window opens up.

http://m.www.yahoo.com/?r0=1258393277

Or

www.yahoo.com

which takes you to the first link.

What's that feature called? I'm trying to find a way to disable it in IE 8.
No clear responses since yesterday. I'm hoping maybe someone here has enough
page design knowledge to just provide a bit of vocabulary.

Other than the site heavily using Javascript, I don't know what else you
might be referring to.

I use Firefox and the NoScript add-on. When I went to the site the menu
bar is prevented from working.

If IE offers an option or add-on to disable JS by site, this will solve
your issue.


Terry R.

 

[JoeSpareBedroom]

On 11/16/2009 9:44 AM On a whim, JoeSpareBedroom pounded out on the
keyboard


Other than the site heavily using Javascript, I don't know what else you
might be referring to.

I use Firefox and the NoScript add-on. When I went to the site the menu
bar is prevented from working.

If IE offers an option or add-on to disable JS by site, this will solve
your issue.


Terry R.

In IE, can you still click on the JS-disabled menu the normal way, or is it
totally dead at that point?

 

[Terry R.]

On 11/16/2009 3:20 PM On a whim, JoeSpareBedroom pounded out on the keyboard

In IE, can you still click on the JS-disabled menu the normal way, or is it
totally dead at that point?

Not using IE, but in FF the links still work, only the expandable
windows no longer pop out.



Terry R.

 

[Lem]

On the yahoo home page, if the mouse pointer hovers over items in the "My
Favorites" list, a floating window opens up.

http://m.www.yahoo.com/?r0=1258393277

Or

www.yahoo.com

which takes you to the first link.

What's that feature called? I'm trying to find a way to disable it in IE 8.
No clear responses since yesterday. I'm hoping maybe someone here has enough
page design knowledge to just provide a bit of vocabulary.

Generically, "mouseover."