is there a patent on mouse-over that displays an image?

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liver_n_jello

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Is there a patent on the basic web page behavior of when a user mouses over a link or image, that is displays another image off to the side? Is that possible? I am being told that it is irregardless of technology.. no matter if you use Flash, Ajax, HTML, CSS, that it doesnt matter. That is illegal to do that behavior. If so, where is that patent, and who did it?
 
No, there isn't. CSS and HTML DOM are parts of the open W3C standard, and ECMAScript (standardised JavaScript) is part of the open ECMA standard. And Flash is made by Adobe, who wouldn't do something as silly as patenting a basic GUI behaviour. Java's company (sun) wouldn't do it. Or any other Programming language for that matter.

(Ajax might be too complicated to do a normal mouse-over. I don't care what anyone saids: mouse-overs are IMPOSSIBLE using just regular HTML; and anyone who disagrees can prove me wrong.)

Mouse-overs are a basic function of the mouse (or scroll wheel, or even a button/key-moved cursor), so you can't really patent it any more than you could patent clicking.
 
I don't think someone can patent something done with HTML or CSS. Because all tools are provided, there is not much of a "SUPER NEW" invention in it, if anyone can do it. No patents here.
 
I don't think someone can patent something done with HTML or CSS. Because all tools are provided, there is not much of a "SUPER NEW" invention in it, if anyone can do it. No patents here.
 
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