This property, which can be set at any time, is used to define the transient message displayed in a window's status bar such as the text displayed when you onMouseOver a link or anchor.
<A HREF="http://www.devguru.com" onMouseOver="self.status='Visit
DevGuru.com'; return true">DevGuru.com</A>
When using the status property with the onMouseOver event handler, you must use the 'return true' syntax as detailed in this example.