Comment 15 for bug 239462

A couple of comments above suggest making the fixed 5-second timer user configurable. That would be a very poor solution. There are already myriad configuration settings for Firefox. It's far better to get the design right. Not all tool tip text is the same size, even on the same webpage. The tool tip pop-up needs to display for a time that is appropriate, not some constant time period.

My earlier comment titled "Suggested Improvement to Title Text Display Model" offers two better methods of achieving this. (Alternative 2 is by far preferred.) The original 5-second timer is a kludge to a problem that wasn't thought through properly. Having a user-adjustable timer would be a quick-fix to a piece of kludge. We don't want more kludge, or more fixes to pieces of kludge; we want it done properly. If done properly, no user configuration setting would be required. Just keep it simple by getting the design right.