# Testing mouse-over obfuscation

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-mouse-over-obfuscation/659624>\
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**Created:** [May 29, 2013, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-mouse-over-obfuscation/659624 "2013-05-29T14:29:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-mouse-over-obfuscation/659624/1 "2013-05-29T14:29:32Z")

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Blah blah blah. This text can appear in the mouse-over.

I don’t want this text to appear.

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**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-mouse-over-obfuscation/659624/2 "2013-05-29T14:33:03Z")

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It looks like 9 blank lines are required. I’m guessing the mouse-over reads the first 10 lines.

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**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-mouse-over-obfuscation/659624/3 "2013-05-29T14:52:08Z")

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Ha! Thanks for this!

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**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-mouse-over-obfuscation/659624/4 "2013-05-30T00:59:57Z")

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> [@Nars\_Glinley](#):
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> I don’t want this text to appear.

I have bad news for you, it showed up right at the bottom.

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**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-mouse-over-obfuscation/659624/5 "2013-05-30T01:59:36Z")

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> [@bobot](#):
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> I have bad news for you, it showed up right at the bottom.

Either this is a whoosh because it showed up in the post and not the mouse over or the mouse over is browser dependent.