It very often happens that when intending to click on something one moves over links which activate hover items. These have the potential to block the user from clicking the link they want to click.

Would it be possible to

• activate hover items only after a certain delay of leaving the mouse over a link?
• Deactivate the hover item as soon as one exits the hover item area?

Another issue I just found: If you have a hover item active and hover over a link within the hover item the hover item disappears immediately. So there is no actual benefit of having hover items active when moving away from the originating link.