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Geek Culture / Snaps ?

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LD52
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Posted: 8th Mar 2007 00:07 Edited at: 8th Mar 2007 00:11
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Anyone else recently notice some icon beside link that shows a preview of the site when you put your mouse over it? I think TGC has added a new feature to the forums called snap? Did they?

like example http://www.google.com

EDIT: Trying to get link to work wait ...
there now do you see the tv beside the link thats Snaps or something its a new thing i recently noticed !
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Osiris
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Posted: 8th Mar 2007 00:13 Edited at: 8th Mar 2007 00:14
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They did, and its tight.

Your signature has been erased by a mod because it's larger than 600x120....
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Jess T
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Posted: 8th Mar 2007 00:45
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To be honest, I'm not too keen on it.

I mean, sure, it's a great little widget, and cleverly used, but still... Why?
If you're going to go to a site, just click the link.

*Shrug*
Each to their own

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The crazy
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Posted: 8th Mar 2007 00:59
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I like it.

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Dazzag
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Posted: 8th Mar 2007 10:42
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Not bad. Bit like that FF preview plugin for Google or IMDB. Dunno if I'm that taken by the little icon next to everything though. Couldn't it just show it if you hover over the link? I mean one line is not too bad, but imagine lots of links. Icontastic. Look at Jess' sig, which is already looking a little naff with the 2 icons. Dunno....

They should also make the Web button (homepage of user) against a post have a preview too.

Cheers

I am 99% probably lying in bed right now... so don't blame me for crappy typing
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Crazy Ninja
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Posted: 8th Mar 2007 10:46
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I don't see it... (Hovers mouse over link) Still nothing...

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Kentaree
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Posted: 8th Mar 2007 11:22
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Do you not see a little icon to the right of it? Hover over that and you'll see the preview

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Agent Dink
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Posted: 8th Mar 2007 17:04
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I don't see it in IE6 or FireFox... I think I tried IE7 as well.

I have no signature...
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Chris K
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Posted: 8th Mar 2007 18:24
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Works in FF 2.0

-= Out here in the fields, I fight for my meals =-
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LD52
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Posted: 9th Mar 2007 02:12
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I have firefox and it works ...
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Phaelax
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Posted: 9th Mar 2007 03:14
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Used to work fine here. Today whenever I try to load any forum page, I have to wait while the page sits at 100% and tries to connect to spa.snap.com, which totally makes my browser unresponsive for a minute or two.

Neat, but useless feature.

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Dazzag
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Posted: 9th Mar 2007 16:25
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Yeah, there should be an option in your profile to turn it off. Now and again I get the page freezing while it does something with Snap.

Cheers

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Chris Franklin_
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Posted: 9th Mar 2007 16:48
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Quote: "Yeah, there should be an option in your profile to turn it off. Now and again I get the page freezing while it does something with Snap."


Same here it sucks, useful sometimes though

llllRgt
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Phaelax
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Posted: 9th Mar 2007 17:04
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Not sure if you were saying TGC should add the profile option or that there already is one, but I couldn't find an option.


llllrgt? oh man.
10 years later: llllllllllllgt

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Sly D
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Posted: 9th Mar 2007 17:52
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There is an option to disable it. In the Snaps preview windows that appears, there is in the top right corner in fine print "options and disable".

Relax, I understand j00!
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Chris Franklin_
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Posted: 9th Mar 2007 17:58
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how i re enable it? :/

llllRgt
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LD52
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Posted: 9th Mar 2007 21:08
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UM did anyone notice that its gone now ? well i dont see it ? is it gone now for you guys or did i accidentally disable it or something?
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Tom J
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Posted: 9th Mar 2007 22:47
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Its gone for me too, maybe they took it away

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Xander
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Posted: 9th Mar 2007 22:50
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Well, that was short lived

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IanM
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Posted: 9th Mar 2007 22:57
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We've been kinda having this discussion in the mods forum - I can't see the point of having it, at least not from a users point of view.

If you don't like it and are using firefox, you can install the Adblock Plus plug-in and disable it there by adding 'http://spa.snap.com/*' to the list of filters. If you do it this way instead of using the disable option on the pop-up, then it saves you a download of the javascript, the icons, and the running of that javascript.

For free Plug-ins and source code
http://www.matrix1.demon.co.uk
New Utility plugins collection
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LD52
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Posted: 10th Mar 2007 03:46
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So its no more ... Lol that was short !
But i agree i find it not that useful.
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