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Thumbs up or down for visual links?

I’m trying out the “Snap Preview Anywhere” WordPress plugin.

Snap Preview Anywhere enables anyone visiting my weblog to get a glimpse of what other sites I’m linking to.

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When you rollover a link here, you’ll get a visual preview of the site without having to go there, thus eliminating wasted “trips” to linked sites.

Snap Preview Anywhere is a free service and can be used on all types of weblogs. The documentation was very clear and the plugin was easy to install.

Let me know what you think. Do the pop-up link images bug you? Does the Snap Preview slow you down while scanning through my weblog? Does Snap Preview work for you or do you get a blank pop-up that takes forever to load an image?

Your comments would be very helpful for me to decide whether or not I’ll continue to use the plugin.

This entry was posted on Monday, November 20th, 2006 at 2:03:48 AM and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

6 Responses to “Thumbs up or down for visual links?”

  1. Dawn Says:

    November 20th, 2006 at 3:03:59 AM

    I tried rolling over the links but unfortunately the images don’t appear to be popping up. I even tried clicking but to no avail.

    It might be a problem with the site, or it might just be my PC lol.

    Here via Blogexplosion.

  2. Peety Says:

    November 20th, 2006 at 8:36:21 PM

    I use websnapper (smiliar program) but more options as I don’t have to include the mouse over effect with every link and it is a ..(smaller plugin ) therefore less loading time on your website..
    (if interested let me know)

    I like this pop- up feature so you have two thumbs up from ME and a *hug* too.

  3. Larry Says:

    November 21st, 2006 at 12:44:18 AM

    Tried websnapper but all I got was “site” or “image not available” all the time. Maybe I configured the plugin wrong? Will check it out on your site. Thxs for 2 thumbs up though.

  4. Peety Says:

    November 21st, 2006 at 1:53:35 AM

    I set websnapper to only show on links that I want..As when you use any of these plugins it increases the page’s loading time :(

    So with websnapper with adding class=”previewlink” into your link then it calls the plugin to show a small screenshot of the link.. OR if you go to option in your wordpress you can also activate it to show all links like you do with snapper at the present TIME..

    If you have any other questions please feel free to email me and If you want the link let m to the snapper plugin I am using please let me know as I can not place it here it thinks it is SPAM… Or if you are happy with snapper please stay with it..:)

  5. Pearl Says:

    November 21st, 2006 at 11:19:50 AM

    I find the web snapper pop ups obscure what I’m reading.

  6. mel Says:

    November 22nd, 2006 at 1:32:28 PM

    me no likey.

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