Reliable cross browser way of setting Status bar text

Question

I\'ve heard of window.status and that it can be used to control the browser\'s status bar text, but I would like to know if there are better or newer method

Answer 1

For security reasons, most modern browsers disable status bar access by default.

Answer 2

You'll find most modern browsers don't allow it any more as it was abused to hide link destinations.

Answer 3

The feature you are looking for as been disabled for security reason.

Here is another solution to your problem.

You could create a DIV and put the position:fixed; at the bottom of the page, so people will always see it.