[X4U] Annoying popup links in Mail & Safari

[Eddie Hargreaves]

On 5/26/07 12:18 PM, John Baltutis <baltwo at san.rr.com> wrote:

>> Thanks for the link to that hint. It actually confirmed that the ToolTips
>> are turned OFF by default (for instance, I don't even have the
>> WebKitShowsURLsInToolTips section in my Safari preferences file) and they
>> can only be turned on by using the Terminal or a 3rd-party tool like Mac
>> Pilot (which is also how to turn them off).
> 
> Sorry for not being clear enough. AFAICT, the default tooltips setting in
> Safari is ON even if you don't get anything back for WebKitShowsURLsInToolTips
> in the plist. On my machine w/10.4.9, the tooltips are active in Safari even
> though there's no entry for WebKitShowsURLsInToolTips in the plist. Simple
> test is to quit Safari, move the current plist to the Desktop, relaunch
> Safari, and see if the tooltips work.

Sorry to disagree, but the tooltips do not show for me even after using the
default Safari plist. I left the cursor hovered over links for 30+ seconds
and not once did I see a tooltip. Safari Version 2.0.4 (419.3)

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Eddie Hargreaves