When it comes to Web 2.0, it's all about the GUI, UX, EU, WYSIWYG, FTW, WTH *. OK, ok, enough acronyms.Let's just leave things simple. "I saw this cool feature on another website, and I want this feature too. "
Typically, the functionality that you're trying to insert involves the use of JavaScript or AJAX. While the cost for adding functionality which used to be quite high, the use of jQuery and stops its acceptance within Drupal make things much easier.
Enter modules as beauty tips and their integration with views and tasty, gooey GUI you're looking for becomes a reality.
This video presents a technique for using beauty tips for hover over a link, inbound from an RSS feed (pulled via FeedAPI module), and shows a quick synopsis of what the link below is approx. the body shortened is presented within a bubble of Web 2.0, making it easy to scan topics of interest. There are many ways to use the forms as beauty tips, and the test procedure proposed is just one of many.
* (What the heck-why WTF is so juvenile)
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