Quote Originally Posted by OldSalty View Post
There is no way to reduce or to hide the popups at all. I've been threw every part of it and no matter what you do when you put your mouse over something like say a "spell" or an "item" you get the popups. That is the kind of things that needs to have some way of disabling them. Active help options don't do anything and it isn't under config, its under system.
Character Config > UI Settings > General (scroll down). Set to Fixed. Use HUD Layout to move it to an out-of-the-way location.

You can also turn off Item Help by unchecking "Display Item Help" and Action Help by unchecking "Display Action Help".