This example shows how to use the ADD THIS button and illustrates that however you use it, it causes problems with IE7... it appears to be eternally loading.
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The following code is from the original question and is the code you are supposed to use according to the instructions of the addthis.com website. This code has problems with the phishing filter and will show the page in IE as eternally loading until you hover over the image. See this eternal-loading behavior in action.
<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN -->
<a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php"
style="text-decoration:none;" class="content_text"
onmouseover="return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]');"
onmouseout="addthis_close();"
onclick="return addthis_sendto();"><img
src="http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/sm-plus.gif"
width="16" height="16" style="border:none" alt="Share" /> Share And Bookmark
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/200/addthis_widget.js">
</script>
<!-- AddThis Button END -->
The following code came from the forum of addthis.com: http://www.addthis.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=14847 You should place it BEFORE the addthis script, for instance in your head section or just copy the block before the button code that you pasted earlier.
<!-- disable flash cookies, place BEFORE addthis script --> <script type="text/javascript"> var addthis_disable_flash = true; </script>
The actual "add this" button, on this page without the loading problem: