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  macroartinnature · Member · Jan 13, 2007 at 5:53 am

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  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, ……..

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  timethief · Member · Jan 13, 2007 at 6:00 am

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  @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. ;)

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  factorypeasant · Member · Jan 13, 2007 at 7:31 am

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  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…

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  raincoaster · Member · Jan 13, 2007 at 7:41 am

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

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  growthmadness · Member · Jan 13, 2007 at 8:21 am

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

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  thijsvdb · Member · Jan 13, 2007 at 1:02 pm

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  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!

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  sdrane · Member · Jan 13, 2007 at 1:15 pm

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  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.

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  icedmocha · Member · Jan 13, 2007 at 3:16 pm

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  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.

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  barbarah · Member · Jan 13, 2007 at 3:22 pm

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  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.

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  macroartinnature · Member · Jan 13, 2007 at 4:44 pm

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  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!

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  atthe404 · Member · Jan 13, 2007 at 5:07 pm

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

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  drmike · Member · Jan 13, 2007 at 6:23 pm

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  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

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  timethief · Member · Jan 13, 2007 at 6:33 pm

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  @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.

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  eclecticgeek · Member · Jan 13, 2007 at 11:24 pm

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  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. ;)

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  timethief · Member · Feb 1, 2007 at 1:07 am

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  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

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  drmike · Member · Feb 1, 2007 at 1:11 am

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  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. :(

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  timethief · Member · Feb 1, 2007 at 1:28 am

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  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;)