how to get rid of yellow text box

[Draddy]

Hey,

So I find that text box incredibly annoying, always in the way, and never helpful..

I know in ubuntu you can set a simple command to kill all of them... is there a way to do that in OSX?

this is the box I'm talking about.

 

[Xavier]

Would LOVE to know this as well. Or maybe just how to turn it off for firefox.

I find that those boxes get 'stuck' when you use expose to switch to a different app. And will remain on top of iTunes when im looking for songs and stuff

VERY annoying

 

[r0k]

Hey,

So I find that text box incredibly annoying, always in the way, and never helpful..

I know in ubuntu you can set a simple command to kill all of them... is there a way to do that in OSX?

this is the box I'm talking about.

I would like to confirm you are talking about text boxes that show up in Safari when you hover over links, right?

I use firefox with noscript and if I want to, I can shut all that crap down. There are ad block addons for Safari, but there are much better alternatives available for Firefox. I suggest you try firefox with adblock, noscript and flashblock.

 

[ergdegdeg]

To turn off tooltips in Firefox, type "about:config" in URL-bar, search for browser.chrome.toolbar_tips and double click on it. Restart Firefox.

 

[Xavier]

To turn off tooltips in Firefox, type "about:config" in URL-bar, search for browser.chrome.toolbar_tips and double click on it. Restart Firefox.

Why thank you, solved that problem for me!

 

[Draddy]

awesome, I guess I'll be switching back to firefox then...

so no luck for safari?


thanks!

 

[r0k]

So it wasn't javascript after all... it was tool tips. Now I've gotta give that fix a try... Thanks!

And no, there probably isn't any hope for Safari. Like IE, Safari is a browser controlled by an OS company and doesn't get the love and attention the developer community lavishes on Firefox. Go firefox!

Did it. Restarted firefox. Nice. No more little tooltips getting in my way when I want to click on things. I bet this breaks something else but for now I like it.