Setting the Default Status Message
<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>window.defaultStatus property</TITLE> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> window.defaultStatus = "Welcome to my Web site." </SCRIPT> </HEAD> <BODY> <A HREF="http://www.java2s.com" onMouseOver="window.status = 'Visit java2s\'s Home page.';return true" onMouseOut="window.status = '';return true">Java2s.com</A><P> <A HREF="http://home.netscape.com" onMouseOver="window.status = 'Visit Netscape\'s Home page.';return true" onMouseOut="window.status = window.defaultStatus;return true">Netscape</A> </BODY> </HTML>