# Chrome vs. IE - mouse over question **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 11, 2012, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrome-vs-ie-mouse-over-question/637425 "2012-10-11T15:36:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrome-vs-ie-mouse-over-question/637425/1 "2012-10-11T15:36:57Z")
At [Nate Silver’s](http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/author/nate-silver/) NY Times blog, placing the cursor over a state on the United States map on the right side results in a pop-up appearing, but only on IE. I think it used to work on Chrome, but it doesn’t anymore. On a related note, at [Salon.com](http://Salon.com) they usually have a “Continue Reading” link to get to the main part of a story, and this never works on either Chrome or IE. I’m assuming these are browser bugs and I can’t do anything about them. Am I right? ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrome-vs-ie-mouse-over-question/637425/2 "2012-10-11T18:52:17Z")
No, its just you. Silver’s pop-ups and the Salon _Continue reading_ links work for me in Chrome, Firefox, and IE. I suggest you uninstall and reinstall the browsers, and make sure IE is fully updated ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrome-vs-ie-mouse-over-question/637425/3 "2012-10-11T20:08:36Z")
Thanks. Tried it with Chrome. Same problems. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrome-vs-ie-mouse-over-question/637425/4 "2012-10-11T21:13:20Z")
It works well for me in Chrome… ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrome-vs-ie-mouse-over-question/637425/5 "2012-10-11T21:23:26Z")
You’ve tried what? Reinstalling? Have you perhaps turned off JavaScript, or made some other change in your settings that could be causing this? ---
**Author:** ![Blakeyrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@Blakeyrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blakeyrat)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrome-vs-ie-mouse-over-question/637425/6 "2012-10-11T21:25:48Z")
> [@Fiddle\_Peghead](#): > > Thanks. Tried it with Chrome. Same problems. ☹ Try disabling your add-ons. If you use an ad-blocker, sometimes they’ll accidentally block more than just ads. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrome-vs-ie-mouse-over-question/637425/7 "2012-10-11T21:39:21Z")
Yes, I tried reinstalling, and no I haven’t changed any settings. I turned off AdBlock also, to no effect. It’s the only extension I now have. ETA: Checked javascript, it’s enabled.