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Not a bad idea in and of itself, but screw hover effects. I've come to really hate everything involving hover. On all sorts of websites there's some menu bar

Not a bad idea in and of itself, but screw hover effects. I've come to really hate everything involving hover. On all sorts of websites there's some menu bar at the top or the side where it's way too easy for me to accidentally move my cursor over it and suddenly 1/5 of the page is blocked. I really wish that these things could just be replaced with a click. If I want to view a dropdown or something with dense details, I can jolly well click or tap on it. EDIT: Interestingly, it appears possible to intercept and nullify mouseover events. ``` document.addEventListener('mouseover', (e) => e.stopPropagation(), true); ``` Works on wellsfargo.com, making their menus work like I think they should. Obviously it wouldn't work for CSS-based hover. Maybe I'll make this into an extension.

Gigachad 5y ago
For this kind of thing, I would rather something like the HTML details element where you click the title and it expands the details. You have the chevron to indicate it's expandable, it works on mobile and desktop, and is universally recognized without being obnoxious. I hate sites that make me play the game of "where can I put my mouse where it won't trigger something annoying"
hinkley 5y ago
> Not a bad idea in and of itself, but screw hover effects. Article title implies inline images as a 'preview' but delivers tooltips. Thumbnails would be better still. Let me double down by saying: if your selection page has so many entries that thumbnails make the design unworkable, then you have too goddamned many options for people to choose from. Go re-read The Paradox of Choice, come back and start bundling some of your options up.