Browser status bar - window.status - dead?

[toonerama]

Hello,

I wanted to put a short static message on the user's browser status bar, and I remember using the "window.status" method years ago. When I try it now, browsers seem to show/do nothing. I tried FF 2 and IE 7. Is this method "dead"?

Thanks.

Example:

<a href="index.html" onmouseover="window.status='My Message';return true">My Link</a>

(supposed to put message on status bar when mouse hovers over link)

[encyclo]

Welcome to WebmasterWorld toonerama. :) Yes, the technique is officially dead now, there's no modern browser that will allow it. The technique was too often abused, it had an influence in phishing problems (ie. by making the status bar display a link to a different site than the real one).

You should consider using a tooltip or hovering text box to display the message instead, both are better than using the status bar anyway.

[toonerama]

Cool. Thanks for the suggestions.