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timethief on "Snap"

timethief — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 01:28:21 +0000

I'm surprised you can' shut it off in IE7. Gosh I thought it was such a superior browser being as that it's a microsoft product and all. One would think a geek could manipulate the dear thing into behaving.

{She raised a single eyebrow ^ and said: OOPs! dear me. I guess I forgot that we weren't supposed to share our browser preferences, while mentally stroking her fox and thinking of bursting into an Opera aria.} lol;)

drmike on "Snap"

drmike — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 01:11:09 +0000

I can see one good thing about it though. You can see if the page you're headed to is 404ing or filled with porno or somesuch like that.

I can't get it to turn off in IE7 though. Kind of annoying. :(

timethief on "Snap"

timethief — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 01:07:14 +0000

I gave Snap Previews a try on all my blogs, although from the outset I didn't like it. My readers responded and within a couple of says I got their meassage loud and clear:
SNAP OFF!
Hat-tip to engtech for the lead to this article
3 Reasons Why Snap Preview is Ruining Your Blog, and Hurting Your Readership http://performancing.com/node/5721

eclecticgeek on "Snap"

eclecticgeek — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 23:24:48 +0000

I really like it. If Snap makes it more enticing for my visitors to click the links of the medical and research resources I include, it's worth it. I also think it will help with navigation since some of my visitors aren't familiar with blogs and still have a little trouble getting around. On the other hand, if the majority who come to my site find the whole thing irritating, I will be forced to kill Snap in the most humane way possible. :)

@TT:
Thanks for giving it a shot. ;)

timethief on "Snap"

timethief — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 18:33:22 +0000

@factorypeasant
snap just showed up suddenly this evening on my site. annoyed the hell out of me within seconds. snap needs to be put to death...
*rotflmao* :D

Just to demonstrate that I gave it a fair try I'm going to activate it on one blog for 24 hours.

drmike on "Snap"

drmike — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 18:23:06 +0000

I didn't even get into the beta. *sniff* :)

It's now rolled out to all the blogs?!?!? I still don't have it on mine. *sniff* *sniff* :(

edit: Oh wait. There it is. Gone to turn it off now.

reedit: Announcement

atthe404 on "Snap"

atthe404 — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 17:07:59 +0000

Next thing we know they will be doing pop up ads. I have disabled my snap pretty snappily - it just adds to the bloat.

macroartinnature on "Snap"

macroartinnature — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 16:44:56 +0000

Well, sometimes "cool" turns out to be "not so cool" after all, (at least for me), but I do appreciate those who are behind the scenes and trying to make things a bit different from the norm.
That I like seeing!

barbarah on "Snap"

barbarah — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 15:22:01 +0000

Personally, I hated it -- it is too distracting. I usually right click on things and then click on "Open in new window" and that is sometimes hindered when the "Snap" picture pops up. So I am very glad for the option to deactivate it.

icedmocha on "Snap"

icedmocha — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 15:16:16 +0000

How does Snap generate previews?
How often are the previews updated?
Can generation of a new preview be jumpstarted in any way?
I have noticed that the preview of my site is from over a month ago.

sdrane on "Snap"

sdrane — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 13:15:24 +0000

At the moment, I'm with TT, onedayi, Ann and a number of posters on this. I turned off my Snap previews. It's just too distracting. Perhaps, if there was a way to isolate the Snap so that it occurs only on Blogroll or Link pages, they might be worth a shot. Turning it off for specific links is an option, but seems like too much work. I certainly don't want these things popping up when people are reading articles on my blog.

thijsvdb on "Snap"

thijsvdb — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 13:02:10 +0000

Seems like snap is installed on all blogs. I wasn't a beta tester, and now snap is also on my blog. I will turn it of cause it is so annoying. You just have to go over it with your mouse and your whole post is covered with a silly previeuw that even doesn't show properly what is behind it (yeah, a picture).
Most of the blog readers don't find it usefull and people who want that preview before they go there, they have to trust me instead, big deal. I have a proper blog, I post proper links and always check the reply's so that they won't post inproper links.

Snap is snapped!

growthmadness on "Snap"

growthmadness — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 08:21:38 +0000

TT -- For the link, see my post a couple above the one you responded to. :)

raincoaster on "Snap"

raincoaster — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 07:41:36 +0000

Uh, did you read the earlier part of the thread, where I told you how to do that?

factorypeasant on "Snap"

factorypeasant — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 07:31:00 +0000

snap just showed up suddenly this evening on my site. annoyed the hell out of me within seconds. snap needs to be put to death...

timethief on "Snap"

timethief — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 06:00:55 +0000

@growthmad
Thanks for correcting me. I'll remember this the next time someone asks how to turn it on and off for specific links. Would you please post the link with the bit of code so if anyone else hits on this thread it's there for them to use.

@macroartin
I hear ya and one day when I have nothing but time maybe I'll play with this distracting doodad but not tonight. ;)

macroartinnature on "Snap"

macroartinnature — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 05:53:19 +0000

To much trouble to go through to keep the box from popping up on the images, which is a big "no no" for many many reasons, so, ........

growthmadness on "Snap"

growthmadness — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 05:32:44 +0000

TT, no you can turn it off for specific links. I just figured out the problem and it was just that I had some stray code left in with the first photo that shouldn't have been there. Just use the regular editor, not the WYSIWYG one, and insert the bit of code they mention on the Snap site. It works! :)

timethief on "Snap"

timethief — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 05:25:47 +0000

As I understand it it's all or nothing at this point. You either have it turned on or off.

growthmadness on "Snap"

growthmadness — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 05:22:14 +0000

I've decided to try it for a while. But I'd really like to turn if off for photos in my posts. No sense in a Snap bubble popping up to show a reader the photo s/he's already looking at. On the Snap site they say you can turn it off for specific links by inserting a bit of code like this:

http://www.snap.com/about/spa_faq.php#l

But when I try that, it doesn't turn it off. I've tried clearing cookies and reloading, tried putting the code in different places (WP moves it anyway when you put it where the Snap site says to put it). No luck. Anyone figured out how to turn it off for specific links?

[EDIT] Hmmm, now I've been able to successfully turn it off on a different photo. I'll have to see if there is something different about the two photos.

timethief on "Snap"

timethief — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 04:50:28 +0000

No biggee and thank you for coming back reading the thread again and posting your regret about missing the first page of discussion. :)

annkroeker on "Snap"

annkroeker — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 04:02:11 +0000

When my cursor hovers over a link, there's a little bubble that pops up with a Snap preview or something. I don't like it and want it to go away...and also to go away for people who visit.

Please instruct me how to turn it off. I don't see the explanation from raincoaster....I'm a newbie here. This is my first forum request.

Thanks.
Please Disregard the above.
I'm sorry--I didn't realize I missed the first whole page of discussion. I'm sorry I was chosen for the beta test when I turned out to be someone who immediately hated it...especially when others would have liked it. I found it *distracting*, but now that I read some of the explanations, I'm going to have to go back and think about it before turning it off.

vivianpaige on "Snap"

vivianpaige — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 03:45:49 +0000

I noticed that it was working on the blogroll, which I think is pretty cool.

brian223 on "Snap"

brian223 — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 03:14:36 +0000

Snap was installed on my blog and I want it turned off ASAP.
I don't like, did not ask for and DO NOT like the fact it just showed up.
[Edit]
My thanks to raincoaster for the headsup on how to turn it off. Interesting point though, the extras tab did not show up right off even after refreshing the page. After I bounced through my dashboard tabs a few times, bingo, it showed up and I turned it off.

boles on "Snap"

boles — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 03:02:35 +0000

Snap is working in my Blogroll now but it isn't working in my Comments yet.

macroartinnature on "Snap"

macroartinnature — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 02:05:03 +0000

Just noticed "snap" about 30 minutes ago, and I am trying to figure out if I like it or not.

I have two sidebars on the right side.
The first column I am using the "links" & "blogroll" widget thingys for various personal website links, and "snap" works just fine.

In the second column, I used a text widget to list some Fine Art sites, and snap does not work on that list.

So, either "snap" does not work with anything in my second column, or, "snap" does not work with anything listed inside a text widget?

Thoughts?

timethief on "Snap"

timethief — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 01:49:47 +0000

I really hate the idea of seeing him burnout.

Me too. And that's where I was coming from. :)

drmike on "Snap"

drmike — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 22:55:09 +0000

Gotta admit that I would have liked to have a t-shirt. I'm going to try to pick one up when my next monthy check comes in. I did get a big donation for the laptop from Automattic though. Please remember that. :)

Ryan made mention on one of the mailing lists something 'along the lines of 'We would like to hire more but we have to stay within a budget.' My use of words,, not his.

Pkus I look at all those folks in the wp.org forums who have been helping out for eons day after day. They would deserve any position more than I do. You folks have never seen the poor PHP coding crap I produce.

Having said that, I'm surprised about the weekends off bit now. I know most of teh retail positions I've worked at, the managers would rotate the weekends so a different manager would be on duty for each weekend and they would rotate. Either that or get someone to only work the weekends. Having someone answer emails would be better than just letting them sit for a couple of days. Granted though Mark's been answering mine. I really hate the idea of seeing him burnout.

boles on "Snap"

boles — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 02:52:32 +0000

timethief --

I think it depends on the sort of blog you have. My blog tends to require a lot of proof in the posts and comments so we're always wildly linking something as evidence beyond our own minds and so people can now check the link image first before deciding if they need to read all of the outside links or not and I get the sense with Snap! active they stay and keep reading instead of link lurking. My readers love it and so I love it, too!

I only wish they'd enable Snap! for Comments and the Sidebar.

raincoaster on "Snap"

raincoaster — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 02:46:58 +0000

Well I personally like it, but I already know where those links go, so I bowed to the user cries of pain.