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  • I Mean Hovercards (ReadWriteWeb) ... the hovercard is like a business card that will appear whenever you mouseover another user's name or avatar.

    Daily Dispatch: Weather Channel pushes app via onscreen QR code; Twitter launches hovercards 2010

  • You can preview any of the accounts listed, thanks to the hovercard feature which gives you an overview of the account and also enables you to follow it from the search results with just one click.

    Softpedia - Windows - All 2010

  • As you can see above, the hovercard is like a business card that will appear whenever you mouseover another user's name or avatar.

    Original Signal - The best of Web 2.0 2010

  • As you can see above, the hovercard is like a business card that will appear whenever you mouseover another user's name or avatar.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Web 2.0 2010

  • Described as a "handy way to interact with the folks behind each tweet", a hovercard will offer more information about a Twitter user from any timeline, meaning you don't have to click through to find out more.

    Pocket-lint 2010

  • A hovercard feature allows users to preview any of the accounts, and includes an overview as well as a follow function:

    CMSWire.com - All News 2010

  • It shows clearly when an account is verified, and the results will provide the Twitter hovercard feature showing more info, when moused over.

    WebProNews Feed 2010

  • It features the following (all shown in the screenshots below): various variable states; a button to 'Connect With Twitter'; buttons to follow twitter users @jack, @biz, and @ev; a test hovercard that allows me to see

    Original Signal - Transmitting Web 2.0 2010

  • Thankfully, Twitter includes a verified account symbol in the hovercard so it shouldn't be too difficult to filter through the less interesting (or impostors).

    CMSWire.com - All News 2010

  • Described as a "handy way to interact with the folks behind each tweet", a hovercard will offer more information about a Twitter user from any timeline, meaning you don't have to click through to find out more.

    Pocket-lint 2010

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  • a html frame that pops up when you hover over an object or text for more information on a web site.

    June 8, 2017

  • hovercard, n.

    GitHub, 8 October 2018:

    We’re excited to announce that you can now view issue and pull request information in a hovercard when you’re looking at issues or pull requests.

    December 31, 2018