Did you try to add the title attribute to the img tag?

And are you wanting to create a pop-up [cgiscript.net] instead of a new window?

-Corey

the tooltip has too long of a pause, or delay once you hover over the image area....most tooltips i have used for text tooltips, pop up instantly once you mouseover....

the title attribute has a delay that seems to bug me...., plus i havent seen too many ways to customize the look...

The instant ones are done with Javascript and are annoying on a level with background sounds and animations. :-) Google Javascript tooltip.

Both the title tag and alt tag (in IE) will cause text to appear when an imagemap href area is hovered, but as you say they are not customizable and there is a delay - this is by design and reduces the annoyance factor. Less is more. :-)

Oh, i agree that some designers can get wwaaaaayyyy to saavy with them....

Me, i would definetly keep it simple, but what i like with the Jscript tooltips is taht they move with the cursor if you are over the area map coords....

thanks...ill look a litle deeper..