diff --git a/src/Fl_Tooltip.cxx b/src/Fl_Tooltip.cxx
index 220e4603d..1377a5da6 100644
--- a/src/Fl_Tooltip.cxx
+++ b/src/Fl_Tooltip.cxx
@@ -23,9 +23,11 @@
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 
+#define DEBUG 1
+
 float     Fl_Tooltip::delay_ = 1.0f;
-float     Fl_Tooltip::hidedelay_ = 12.0f;
-float     Fl_Tooltip::hoverdelay_ = 0.2f;
+float     Fl_Tooltip::hidedelay_ = 5.0f;
+float     Fl_Tooltip::hoverdelay_ = 0.8f;
 Fl_Color  Fl_Tooltip::color_ = fl_color_cube(FL_NUM_RED - 1,
                                              FL_NUM_GREEN - 1,
                                              FL_NUM_BLUE - 2);
@@ -300,7 +302,7 @@ void Fl_Tooltip::enter_area(Fl_Widget* wid, int x,int y,int w,int h, const char*
       window->hide();
       Fl::remove_timeout(tooltip_hide_timeout);
     }
-    Fl::add_timeout(Fl_Tooltip::hoverdelay(), tooltip_timeout);
+    // *** Fl::add_timeout(Fl_Tooltip::hoverdelay(), tooltip_timeout);
     // possible fix for the Windows titlebar, it seems to want the
     // window to be destroyed, moving it messes up the parenting:
     if (Fl::system_driver()->use_recent_tooltip_fix() && window && window->visible()) {