Java script in IE4

[kettch]

Does anybody know how well IE 4.0 is supposed to support javascript?

I have the following script on a page:

function gettip(txt)
			{
			tip.innerHTML=txt
			}
	
			function reset()
			{
			tip.innerHTML=""
			}

along with this html code:

      		<a href=&quot;is_main_4p0.html&quot;  class=&quot;nav&quot; onmouseover=&quot;gettip('Back to the main page')&quot; onmouseout=&quot;reset()&quot;>Main</a>
     

      
      		<a href=&quot;is_staff.html&quot; class=&quot;nav&quot; onmouseover=&quot;gettip('Some general information about our staff')&quot; onmouseout=&quot;reset()&quot;>About Our Staff</a>
      
		      		
			<a href=&quot;is_guide.html&quot; class=&quot;nav&quot; onmouseover=&quot;gettip('These are some guides to computer systems and procedures')&quot; onmouseout=&quot;reset()&quot;>A guide to IS</a>

There is a little box below the menu that displays the "tip" which is a description of where the link goes.

The problem is that when i view the page in IE 4.0 it looks ok but the mouseover doesn't work right. When you put the mouse over the link, the tip appears for a fraction of a second and then it disappears. If you twitch the mouse while the cursor is still over the link, the tip will reappear and then quickly disappear again.

What could be causing this problem?

 

[iza]

from msdn :
onmouseenter Fires when the user moves the mouse pointer into the object.
onmouseleave Fires when the user moves the mouse pointer outside the boundaries of the object.
onmousemove Fires when the user moves the mouse over the object.
onmouseout Fires when the user moves the mouse pointer outside the boundaries of the object.
onmouseover Fires when the user moves the mouse pointer into the object.

not very helpful, but i would try :
onmouseenter instead of onmouseover (just to check)
onmouseleave instead of onmouseout (just to check)
combinations of those ...

and also, i would add onmousemove (to do the same as onmouseover)

 

[tsdragon]

hey isa, NEVER use that orange color again! It hurts my eyes trying to see it on the blue background! X-) Meddle not in the affairs of dragons,
For you are crunchy, and good with mustard.

 

[iza]

yes but i love when your eyes are moving like this

i won't do it again ! i promise !