Handling Status Message Changes
<html> <head> <title>Generalizable window.status Property</title> <script type="text/javascript"> function showStatus(msg) { window.status = msg; return true; } </script> </head> <body> <a href="http://www.example.com" onmouseover="return showStatus('Go to my Home page.')" onmouseout="return showStatus('')">Home</a> <p><a href="http://mozilla.org" onmouseover="return showStatus('Visit Mozilla Home page.')" onmouseout="return showStatus('')">Mozilla</a></p> </body> </html>