// addEvent function by John Resig:

// http://ejohn.org/projects/flexible-javascript-events/

function addEvent( obj, type, fn ) {

  if ( obj.attachEvent ) {

    obj['e'+type+fn] = fn;

    obj[type+fn] = function(){obj['e'+type+fn]( window.event );}

    obj.attachEvent( 'on'+type, obj[type+fn] );

  } else

    obj.addEventListener( type, fn, false );

}

addEvent(document.getElementById('mydiv'), 'mouseover', function(event) {

	display_short('mouseover');

});

function display_short(str)

{

	clearTimeout();

	document.getElementById('mydiv').innerHTML = str;

	if (str != '')

		setTimeout("display_short('')", 1000);

}