Method, system and program product for displaying a tooltip based on content within the tooltip

1. A method for displaying a tooltip based on content within the tooltip, comprising:

determining a feature of the content within the tooltip;

calculating a display time, comprising a duration of a total time of display for the tooltip, based on the feature of the content; and

displaying the tooltip for the calculated display time.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising closing the tooltip when the display time has elapsed.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the feature is size that is determined based on a quantity of characters in the content.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the feature is size that is determined based on a quantity of bytes in the content.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the calculating step comprises:

providing a base time;

determining a product of a size and a time factor; and

calculating the display time by summing the base time and the product.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the time factor comprises a time quantity per unit of size of the content.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the feature is a content type, and wherein the calculating step comprises:

providing a base time;

determining a product by multiplying a value corresponding to the content type and a time factor; and

calculating the display time by summing the base time and the product.

8. A method for displaying a tooltip based on content within the tooltip, comprising:

determining a size of the content within the tooltip;

determining a product by multiplying the size by a predetermined time factor;

calculating a display time, comprising a duration of a total time of display for the tooltip, by summing the product and a base time; and

displaying the tooltip for the display time, wherein the tooltip is closed when for the display time has elapsed.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the size is based on a quantity of characters in the tooltip.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the size is based on a quantity of bytes in the tooltip.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the time factor comprises a time quantity per unit of size of the content.

12. A system for displaying a tooltip based on content within the tooltip, comprising:

a content system for determining a size of the content within the tooltip;

a time system for calculating a display time, comprising a duration of a total time of display for the tooltip, based on the size; and

a display system for displaying the tooltip for the calculated display time duration.

13. The system of claim 12 , further comprising a generation system for generating the tooltip.

14. The system of claim 12 , wherein the size is determined based on a quantity of characters of the content.

15. The system of claim 12 , wherein the size is determined based on a quantity of bytes of the content.

16. The system of claim 12 , wherein display time is calculated by adding a product of a time factor and the size to a base time.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the time factor comprises a time quantity per unit of size of the content.

18. The system of claim 12 , wherein the tooltip is closed after the display time has elapsed.

19. A program product stored on a recordable medium for displaying a tooltip based on content within the tooltip, which when executed, comprises:

program code for determining a size of the content within the tooltip;

program code for calculating a display time, comprising a duration of a total time of display for the tooltip, on the size; and

program code for displaying the tooltip for the calculated display time.

20. The program product of claim 19 , further comprising program code for generating the tooltip.

21. The program product of claim 19 , wherein the size is determined based on a quantity of characters of the content.

22. The program product of claim 19 , wherein the size is determined based on a quantity of bytes of the content.

23. The program product of claim 19 , wherein display time is calculated by adding a product of a time factor and the size to a base time.

24. The program product of claim 23 , wherein the time factor comprises a time quantity per unit of size of the content.

25. The program product of claim 19 , wherein the tooltip is closed after the display time has elapsed.