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17Jan
Snap Preview Anywhere
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Snap
UPDATE: In the end Snap Preview has become an annoyance, failing more often than not and slowing things down. I think their success has meant that their servers are struggling to keep up. In any case I've dumped it and, unless it drastically improves, I shan't be reinstalling it.
Snap Preview Anywhere enables anyone visiting your site to get a glimpse of what other sites you're linking to look like, without having to leave your site. By rolling over any link, the user gets a visual preview of the site without having to go there...This has become very popular since its launch a couple of months ago. Wordpress have just made it available as a plugin and some great sites, like Joi Ito, Techcrunch and TypePad have incorporated it. It's cool and adds a little interest which can't be a bad thing. Readers can disable it if they prefer. I've installed it on this site, it only took the addition of a line of code to the head section and voilà.
UPDATE: In the end Snap Preview has become an annoyance, failing more often than not and slowing things down. I think their success has meant that their servers are struggling to keep up. In any case I've dumped it and, unless it drastically improves, I shan't be reinstalling it.
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