<html>
<head>
<title>Status</title>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
<!-- ;
function foo(msg){
window.status=msg;
return true;
}
// -->
</script>
</head>
<body>
<a href="javascript: void(0)" onmouseover="return foo('')">text</a>
</body>
</html>
or just this in each link...
<a href="blah.htm" onmouseover="window.status=' ';return true">another way</a>