# Annoying pop-ups

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**Created:** [August 18, 2008, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-pop-ups/460488 "2008-08-18T22:53:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![squeekster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/779978/32.png) [@squeekster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeekster)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2008, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-pop-ups/460488/1 "2008-08-18T22:53:26Z")

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Just curious, but is there a way turn off the pop-ups that show up when you run the cursor over the title of the thread on the main page of each forum? I just find them annoying.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2008, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-pop-ups/460488/2 "2008-08-18T23:46:52Z")

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They are a CSS “feature.”

Standard equipment with all(?) modern browsers these days.

FWIW, as web sites begin to adopt standards-compliance and accessibility, you will see much more of them, and not fewer.

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-pop-ups/460488/3 "2008-08-19T00:22:25Z")

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[QUOTE=Duckster]  
They are a CSS “feature.”  
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Nothing to do with CSS. They’re called “tooltips” and are standard HTML. If you really find them annoying, you can [disable them](http://www.macosxtips.co.uk/index_files/disable-tooltips-safari-firefox.html).

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**Author:** ![squeekster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/779978/32.png) [@squeekster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeekster)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-pop-ups/460488/4 "2008-08-19T01:35:45Z")

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[QUOTE=Q.E.D.]  
If you really find them annoying, you can [disable them](http://www.macosxtips.co.uk/index_files/disable-tooltips-safari-firefox.html).  
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Thankyou. I use Firefox and it worked perfectly.

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**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-pop-ups/460488/5 "2008-08-19T04:23:29Z")

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[QUOTE=Q.E.D.]  
Nothing to do with CSS. They’re called “tooltips” and are standard HTML. If you really find them annoying, you can [disable them](http://www.macosxtips.co.uk/index_files/disable-tooltips-safari-firefox.html).  
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I sit corrected. My mind was elsewhere.