# Thread Preview Disabled? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 6, 2004, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-preview-disabled/248923 "2004-06-06T05:58:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-preview-disabled/248923/1 "2004-06-06T05:58:32Z")
It seems that the message preview that I would normally get when running my mouse pointer over a thread title no longer appears. Is this just me, or had this feature been disabled? ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-preview-disabled/248923/2 "2004-06-06T06:43:10Z")
Still working for me. Are you sure that you weren’t just mousing over older threads, which don’t have that feature activated? ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-preview-disabled/248923/3 "2004-06-06T06:45:01Z")
Works for me, too (IE6). Has something in your browser settings been changed, **Hal Briston**? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-preview-disabled/248923/4 "2004-06-06T14:29:59Z")
Huh…odd…I peeked through my browser settings, but nothing was amiss. Then, just a minute ago, the previews started again. Go figure. Frickin’ gremlins.