DavidIQ wrote:
I'm pretty sure it was referring to the jQuery plugin:
https://github.com/briancherne/jquery-hoverIntent
Doesn't look so "90's" to me.

I'll assume you're not referring to the concept because if you are then you'd be completely incorrect...
It was mentioned in this topic:
https://area51.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=46425
Inititially, the user "Pony99CA" expressed his concern about accidentally hovering over username links with his mouse and then the user "PayBas" brought the aforementioned jQuery plugin into the topic, as a way to demonstrate detection of intentional hovers and prevention of unwanted popups or dropdowns (please correct me if you think I am wrong - that's the way I perceived it). So the discussion was around hover events that can be potentially annoying.
"Menus on hover" are like a thing of the 90's, that's what I meant.
JavaScript used to be much less popular back then and many users had it disabled. And let's not talk about AJAX back then. And the jQuery library - which makes the implementation of on click menus super easy - didn't even exist. "On hover" menus were the easy thing for a long time, and "on click" was the more advanced stuff.
So nowadays there are so many top-ranked websites that don't even fully function without JavaScript enabled (e.g. Facebook). And many of those top-ranked sites such as Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, YouTube, Gmail, Hotmail etc. make use of on click menus. Even our Operating Systems come with on click menus rather than on hover ones.
I'm not saying that on hover menus are lame, but they have to be properly implemented. Phpbb.com's menu is actually cool. Everything is nicely styled, the menu options are big and clear and there's also a small delay before the dropdown appears.
If you want to see how the "Quick tools", "Notifications" and "User menu" would feel "on hover" then go ahead and disable JavaScript in your browser. Well, at least I don't like it. All those websites that I previously mentioned have spoiled me big time.
Dragosvr92 wrote:I dont know about others, but i dont like clicking the
Quick Links to get the drop down menu.
It just adds difficulty in accessing the menu links..... I suggest the menu is getting displayed when the user moves the cursor over the menu.
phpbb.com already does this on its header buttons. (About, Downloads, etc. )
I think i noticed the menu on hover for a day some weeks ago.. but it didnt last.

I just don't see why the current menus are not good enough. Aren't we all used to clicking on "File", "Edit", "View", "Tools", "About" menus, double clicking on folders, and clicking on the Start Button (I'm just using Windows here as an example OS)?
Don't we click to open menus in so many other Internet applications that are not Web applications? How about online videogames?
I personally don't think that clicking is such a hassle, but then again, that's just me.