You have probably noticed that, when you place the mouse over a link, the status bar shows the URL to which the link points, e.g., "Link to: http://www.mydomain/index.htm", or a similar shortened version.

With JavaScript, you can tell the status bar to show your own message there instead, such as "Click here to see examples of JavaScript." If you click here you will merely reload this page, as the link points to this page, and you will see the URL of the page in the status bar when you place the cursor over the link. If you place the pointer here, however, you should see a message.

Here's another way of getting messages into the status bar. Just click the button to write a message.