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by wlesieutre
3178 days ago
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Flickering in and out instantly as you move the cursor across a page and happen to pass through a bunch of links would be a lot more annoying. Alternate implementation would be to make sure the cursor has actually stopped, which still needs a frame or two before you act on it. I could definitely do without the fade-in, that's inconsistent with the rest of the OS and it feels clunky. I wonder if the designers are on a different OS where this is normal for tooltips? |
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Safari has a fade-in and triggers it immediately, so you do get a pop-up as you move your mouse around. But the fade and delay on closing smooths it out enough that it doesn't flash on and off. I don't love that it pops up instantly when I don't want it to.
Chrome and Firefox feel pretty similar. There's a delay on fade-in and a (longer?) delay on fade-out. Looking at it more closely, I think it does check that the cursor has stopped. Moving left to right across a link won't trigger the popup even if you're over it for a long time. So is it just the fade that makes opening feel slow?
I'm not totally sure whether I'd like it better without the fade. Since I don't see a way to turn it off there's no easy way to find out.