It was once possible to change the message a browser shows in the status bar at the bottom of the window. This functionality has been disabled in newer browser versions due to abuse.
<script type="text/javascript">
window.status = 'hello world';
</script>
Is there still any way to achieve this (consider jQuery available)? I think I still see pages around that change the status message, but they might use Flash or Java to change the window status.
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Using the browsers statusbar to display page info is in most cases a very bad idea, the browsers has not disabled it without reason.
- Nobody looks down there to find such info.
- People expect it to show browser information. When hovering links for example i want to know if i leave the site, if it's a mailto:-link, if it's a pdf etc.
Instead use somthing like the orange(yellow?) thing stackoverflow have at the top of the page. "Are you new to stackoverflow...", "New posts has been added..." etc etc.
BlaM : Though this is a related hint it's not an answer to my question. -
Have a look at the pages still changing this info. If it is being done by javascript you should be able to see the source.
BlaM : I'd do so, but I didn't bookmark them and can't remember where (or even: if) I have seen them recently.Paul Whelan : I'll keep an eye out and if I see anything I'll report back.
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