There are lots of ways to use javascript to embed the current
date/time in a page. But, what I would like to do is the following -
have a script pop up a box when the user hovers over a link,
indicating the timestamp of the file the link points at.
Suppose, for example, you're hosting a setup.exe file, which is
periodically updated. You have a download link - something like
Click <a href="setup.exe"> here</a> to download the file.
The file is very large, so you'd like the user to be able to determine
if the setup.exe is more recent that they one they might already have-
basically, they need to know the timestamp of the file. So, something
that, when the user hovers over the link, reports the timestamp of the
file (or, second best, spawns a download popup, with the file
timestampe embedded in it - asking the user if they still want to
download the file).
Is there a simple (or even complicated) way to do this, using
javascript? Or is this a CSS-type problem?
Thanks in advance...