What's "mouseover functionality"? (was Re: Slow boot, how do I configure for nosity boot?)

[stan]

On Sat, Nov 23, 2019 at 11:01:43AM +1100, Karl Auer wrote:
> On Fri, 2019-11-22 at 23:46 +0000, Bret Busby wrote:
> > And, the mouseover functionality has gone
> 
> What's "the mouseover functionality"?
> 
Think of tooltips, which pop up when you hover your mouse over a
appropriate target.
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