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		edem on Feb 25, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Only 90s Web Developers Remember This Floating text following the mouse pointer. The bonus one was the scrolling text in the bottom left of the browser panel (location bar?)

stevekemp on Feb 25, 2014 [–]

> (location bar?)

I think you mean "status bar", but yeah they were all the rage.

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