Getting rid of 'balloons'

[Basil Chupin]

On 20/04/10 22:50, Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:22:25 +1000
> Basil Chupin<blchupin at iinet.net.au>  wrote:
>
>    
>> I am getting most annoyed by having balloons come up everytime I put
>> the cursor over an icon. I KNOW what the icon is about when I put the
>> cursor on it and I don't want the darn balloon not only popping up
>> but also obscuring the text or whatever under it. I mean a balloon
>> even comes up "telling" me to login as<name>  - I know who I am!
>>
>> Is there any way to switch off these 'balloons'?
>>
>> (Using Ubuntu Lucid Beta 2.)
>>
>> BC
>>
>>      
> Good luck!  I've been trying to get rid of them for ages.
>    
Uh-Huh :-) . Not what I wanted to h-e-a-r..... :-)

BC

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