Roll Over.

[James Silverton]

I've only recently come across the use of the computer instruction "Roll
over the tab with the mouse". Somehow I can't see that being better than
just "move the pointer over the tab". That's not to say what you should
do with a touch sensitive screen.

 

[Horace LaBadie]

I've only recently come across the use of the computer instruction "Roll
over the tab with the mouse". Somehow I can't see that being better than
just "move the pointer over the tab". That's not to say what you should
do with a touch sensitive screen.

Roll over and mouse over are Javascript terms.

 

[Curlytop]

James Silverton set the following eddies spiralling through the space-time
continuum:

I've only recently come across the use of the computer instruction "Roll
over the tab with the mouse". Somehow I can't see that being better than
just "move the pointer over the tab". That's not to say what you should
do with a touch sensitive screen.

A rollover is what happens when nobody wins the lottery, double or triple
jackpot next time.

 

[VanguardLH]

"James Silverton" cross-posted to UNRELATED newsgroups:

I've only recently come across the use of the computer instruction "Roll
over the tab with the mouse". Somehow I can't see that being better than
just "move the pointer over the tab". That's not to say what you should
do with a touch sensitive screen.

Rollover, [on]mouseover, and hover [over] are equivalent terms. It's
the event of placing the mouse pointer over an object in a web page.

http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/rollover

That has nothing to do with Windows 7, especially since Javascript is
interpreted within the web browser's engine, not by anything in Windows.
Javascript is built into the web browsers, not a library of scripting
functions provided by the OS. This is why there can be differences in
running [java]scripts in different web browsers because they use
different their own different intrepreters.

So just where did you find the "computer instruction" regarding
rollover? Are you just complaining about how some manual regarding the
use of a touchpad happens to string some English words together in
attempting to convey how to use that touchpad? Seems to be the case
since you posted to multiple but UNRELATED newsgroups (alt.usage.english
and alt.windows.7.general). Seems you're here to bitch about something
off-topic to the Windows 7 newsgroup. In that case, just stick with
posting to your favorite newsgroups, alt.usage.english, since this is
NOT an issue with Windows 7.

 

[abc]

I've only recently come across the use of the computer instruction "Roll
over the tab with the mouse". Somehow I can't see that being better than
just "move the pointer over the tab". That's not to say what you should
do with a touch sensitive screen.

I agree it's strange. I prefer "mouseover", which is used in some
computer languages. Maybe even better written separately as "mouse
over". This button is auto-highlighted when you mouse over it.
abc

 

[Tony]

That originated as rollover targets on pinball machines from the 1970's.

Roll over and mouse over are Javascript terms.

--
The Grandmaster of the CyberFROG

Come get your ticket to CyberFROG city

Nay, Art thou decideth playeth ye simpleton games. *Some* of us know proper
manners

Very few. I used to take calls from *rank* noobs but got fired the first day
on the job for potty mouth,

Bur-ring, i'll get this one: WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM JERK!!? We're here to help
you dickweed, ok, ok give the power cord the jiggily piggily wiggily all the
while pushing the power button repeatedly now take everything out of your
computer except the power supply and *one* stick of ram. Ok get the next
sucker on the phone.

Deirdre Straughan (Roxio) is a LIAR (Deirdre McFibber)

There's the employer and the employee and the FROGGER and the FROGEE, which
one are you?

Hamster isn't a newsreader it's a mistake!

El-Gonzo Jackson FROGS both me and Chuckcar (I just got EL-FROG-OED!!)

All hail Chuckcar the CZAR!! Or in F-R-O-Gland Chuckcar laFROG laCZAR,
ChuckZar!!

I hate them both, With useless bogus bullshit you need at least *three*
fulltime jobs to afford either one of them

I'm a fulltime text *only* man on usenet now. The rest of the world downloads
the binary files not me i can't afford thousands of dollars a month

VBB = Volume based billing. How many bytes can we shove down your throat and
out your arse sir?

The only "fix" for the CellPig modem is a sledgehammer.

UBB = User based bullFROGGING

Master Juba was a black man imitating a white man imitating a black man

Always do incremental backups of your data or you'll end up like the A-Holes
at DSL Reports. Justin says i made a boo-boo. Yeah boo-who.

Updates are for idiots. As long as the thing works there's no reason to turn
schizophrenic and develop a lifelong complex over such a silly issue.

Adrian "jackpot" Lewis is a mama's boy!

Jimmy Fricke is good for the game of poker

Using my technical prowess and computer abilities to answer questions beyond
the realm of understandability

Regards Tony... Making usenet better for everyone everyday

This sig file was compiled via my journeys through usenet

 

[Tony]

That originated as rollover targets on pinball machines from the 1970's.

"James Silverton" cross-posted to UNRELATED newsgroups:

I've only recently come across the use of the computer instruction "Roll
over the tab with the mouse". Somehow I can't see that being better than
just "move the pointer over the tab". That's not to say what you should
do with a touch sensitive screen.

Rollover, [on]mouseover, and hover [over] are equivalent terms. It's
the event of placing the mouse pointer over an object in a web page.

http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/rollover

That has nothing to do with Windows 7, especially since Javascript is
interpreted within the web browser's engine, not by anything in Windows.
Javascript is built into the web browsers, not a library of scripting
functions provided by the OS. This is why there can be differences in
running [java]scripts in different web browsers because they use
different their own different intrepreters.

So just where did you find the "computer instruction" regarding
rollover? Are you just complaining about how some manual regarding the
use of a touchpad happens to string some English words together in
attempting to convey how to use that touchpad? Seems to be the case
since you posted to multiple but UNRELATED newsgroups (alt.usage.english
and alt.windows.7.general). Seems you're here to bitch about something
off-topic to the Windows 7 newsgroup. In that case, just stick with
posting to your favorite newsgroups, alt.usage.english, since this is
NOT an issue with Windows 7.

--
The Grandmaster of the CyberFROG

Come get your ticket to CyberFROG city

Nay, Art thou decideth playeth ye simpleton games. *Some* of us know proper
manners

Very few. I used to take calls from *rank* noobs but got fired the first day
on the job for potty mouth,

Bur-ring, i'll get this one: WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM JERK!!? We're here to help
you dickweed, ok, ok give the power cord the jiggily piggily wiggily all the
while pushing the power button repeatedly now take everything out of your
computer except the power supply and *one* stick of ram. Ok get the next
sucker on the phone.

Deirdre Straughan (Roxio) is a LIAR (Deirdre McFibber)

There's the employer and the employee and the FROGGER and the FROGEE, which
one are you?

Hamster isn't a newsreader it's a mistake!

El-Gonzo Jackson FROGS both me and Chuckcar (I just got EL-FROG-OED!!)

All hail Chuckcar the CZAR!! Or in F-R-O-Gland Chuckcar laFROG laCZAR,
ChuckZar!!

I hate them both, With useless bogus bullshit you need at least *three*
fulltime jobs to afford either one of them

I'm a fulltime text *only* man on usenet now. The rest of the world downloads
the binary files not me i can't afford thousands of dollars a month

VBB = Volume based billing. How many bytes can we shove down your throat and
out your arse sir?

The only "fix" for the CellPig modem is a sledgehammer.

UBB = User based bullFROGGING

Master Juba was a black man imitating a white man imitating a black man

Always do incremental backups of your data or you'll end up like the A-Holes
at DSL Reports. Justin says i made a boo-boo. Yeah boo-who.

Updates are for idiots. As long as the thing works there's no reason to turn
schizophrenic and develop a lifelong complex over such a silly issue.

Adrian "jackpot" Lewis is a mama's boy!

Jimmy Fricke is good for the game of poker

Using my technical prowess and computer abilities to answer questions beyond
the realm of understandability

Regards Tony... Making usenet better for everyone everyday

This sig file was compiled via my journeys through usenet