Hi,
I've been thinking about the issue of mouseovers, hovers, and site animations for thread previews and forum descriptions, etc.
What I think I will do is to add a cookie and a switch in the navbar where the user can set site animations to on or off; and then use that cookie to control all animations (like forum descriptions, thread previews, mouseovers and hover animations.).
This solution will work for all and will be easy to implement.