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[...] on a computer screen such as a tour of a website. For example, ProBlogger’s recent post on iReader could have had a quick screencast showing it in action which would make your point much better than [...]

By: jhay

jhay — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 14:51:02 +0000

Another new tool that’s bound to loose interest again. Pop-ups are just not one of the good things in a site.

By: Darren Rowse

Darren Rowse — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 02:08:04 +0000

thanks collis – the occassional one slips through.

By: Collis

Collis — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 23:38:44 +0000

hmmm, i think that comment from “kas” is spam…

By: kas

kas — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 18:16:51 +0000

deleted for spam

By: Bes Zain

Bes Zain — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 14:58:32 +0000

This is an interesting browser extension. I also think it is better to allow readers to install their own extensions instead of adding extra features which affect their usual browsing habit directly without giving them any choice.

By: Darren Rowse

Darren Rowse — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 11:35:35 +0000

thanks alf – fixed

By: Daniel Scocco

Daniel Scocco — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 11:18:09 +0000

I agree with Matt, actually I find it quite intrusive on sites that use the tool.

By: Marc

Marc — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 09:03:19 +0000

Installed it for a while, but I’m not impressed. Previews of Dutch links are hardly readable (grammar not correct and English words as part of the Dutch sentences). With Cooliris I’m also in control as a user (browser add on as well), if you’re looking for a Snap alternative.

By: Reggie

Reggie — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 08:16:15 +0000

I use the cooliris plug-in for Firefox. I only enable it on hover with the CTRL key pressed, and have switched it off completely for some websites. It is particularly useful with Google images, giving the full-size image only in a pop-up window.

By: alf

alf — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 07:56:12 +0000

Just thought I’d point out that you accidentally called it eReader at one point…

By: Dblogged

Dblogged — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 06:52:31 +0000

This definitely is good in research mode. I just used it for one of my posts and it actually made things go a little quicker.

Usually I just open all the links on a given page in a new tab, this prevents me from having to do that.

Thanks Darren.

By: Ian Robertson

Ian Robertson — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 05:12:53 +0000

I’m glad it’s not something I have to disable, but rather something I have to install… Which I don’t plan to either.

Companies like this know that people don’t want something that they never asked for on their browser like snap assumes that we like it.

By: Matt Coddington

Matt Coddington — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:44:37 +0000

I have to give this a thumbs down. First off, as you said it runs slow. But in all honesty, shouldn’t you be able to judge the content of the link before you click it based on the context of the article/post it’s contained in? I dunno, I just don’t see the functionality in this.

By: Collis

Collis — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:20:16 +0000

Interesting idea. I’m torn on the usefulness of the Snap tool, but one thing it has definitely done is get publicity for snap.com the search engine started by former Goto.com and Overture founder Bill Gross. Whether he succeeds in overtaking Google remains to be seen.

I’m curious to see what business model iReader have, they don’t appear to be charging and their site looks like it was put up yesterday… case in point go to the “http://www.syntactica.com/products_wordmacro.html” page and look at the page title – “Untitled Document”

Well anyhow, it is beta time so good luck to them!!