Greasemonkey Hacks: Make Pop-Up Titles Prettier

Overview

Many web pages include title attributes on links. When one hovers over the link, the browser displays a tool tip that gives more information about the link. The font and color of the tool tip are determined by the theme settings of the underlying operating system. This means one has some control over what tool tips look like, but they'll still look pretty boring. This paper makes link tool tips sexier and more functional at the same time by replacing the tool tip with a translucent floating window that contains both the title and the link URL.