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Feb 17, 2012 6:11AM PST

W7 sp1
FF 10.02
IE 9

If I go to a forum such as "hardware" I see a list of threads.

If I hover my mouse over a thread I get a preview of the thread.

The preview now shows as a rather large black box with white lettering.

The black box will shift on the screen depending on where I position the mouse pointer on the thread title.....sometimes semi off the screen.

This happens with FF or IE.

No I don't know when this started....it could have been here for days/wks and I just woke up to "something is different".

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Me too
Feb 17, 2012 6:33AM PST

Strange but I have never seen that effect before.

I have seen the post preview when I hover the mouse over it, but never seen how the box moves as a I move my mouse. And now I see the box extends off the edges of the screen right or left.

EH this Hardware thread; http://forums.cnet.com/desktops-forum/?tag=contentMain;contentBody

Post title "PC overheating and freezing during games". For information, this thread;
http://forums.cnet.com/7723-7586_102-556127.html

but it is the forum listing where the black box preview is.

When I hover my mouse of that thread in the listing, it displays to the left and half off screen.

I don't have a wide screen monitor but my resolution is 1280 x 1024 so I should be able to see it all.

Reporting this Bob, and thanks.

Mark

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too much text
Feb 17, 2012 6:40AM PST

I think the preview is pulling in way more text that it's supposed to be pulling. We're looking into it.

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we have a fix
Feb 17, 2012 7:09AM PST

Hi Bob,

We have a fix for this and plan to push it out on 2/21. Thanks for calling it out!

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Thanks.
Feb 17, 2012 8:28AM PST

See that.......pays to Crab! Grin

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(NT) LOL, sure does.!
Feb 17, 2012 8:06PM PST
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Fix is live now
Feb 21, 2012 2:00AM PST

Hi, the fix has been deployed. You should be able to see everything correctly now.

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That's great Marc
Feb 21, 2012 2:03AM PST

and thanks.

I can see it is working as it should.

Mark

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Works for me
Feb 21, 2012 5:13AM PST

At least the preview box does not go off the screen now.

Just curious......did the preview box always move left>right>left as you slide the mouse across a thread heading left>right>left?

Is it suppose to do that?

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(NT) Yes, it's always been that way.
Feb 21, 2012 5:17AM PST
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But I do think it would be nicer
Feb 21, 2012 8:54PM PST

if the box only came up when contact was made with the title text rather than its right side boundary so that diagonal movement in the direction of a particular thread didn't pop up other previews along the way.
Just gettin' nit picky here. Happy