Hover state popups? really? This is what wikimedia considers top priority development?
Topic on Talk:Page Previews/Flow
Just to make it clear, this makes browsing more difficult and confusing for me, as I can't let go of the mouse without RANDOM CONTENT POPPING UP and obscuring the very page I'm viewing.
Please, please stop with this kind of non-helpful design masturbation
Every browser I use has a specific feature to open a link in a new tab. Why have you forced a re-work of that onto me? I absolutely hate it.
-- Software engineer and web designer for 20 years
Because it's extremely popular, judging from the responses on Twitter at least.