Javascript allows you to add many special effects to your HTML pages that you simply couldn't do with HTML alone. One of these special effects is displaying a short message in your browser's status window located in the lower-left corner of your browser. This is accomplished using the onMouseover event handler. Pass your mouse's cursor over the Yahoo! link below and hold it there for a few seconds. A message will appear in the status window and then disappear.
You'll notice "5000". This is the time in milliseconds that message will remain in the status window before disappearing. You may change this number to anything you wish. But, remember, most people don't read 5000 words a minute. So, don't make your time too short. Also, I wouldn't use this too much if I were you, most people like to be able to see the link they are about to visit displayed in the status window. One thing that might help is to add title="The Url of the link" to your links so people can still see where they are going. But this only works with Internet Explorer. Still it's better than nothing.
WARNING!!! Do no try to rearrange this script by taking the spaces out of it to save space in your page and placing the code all on one line or it will not function. Some scripts will allow you to do this and some won't. This isn't one that will.
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