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I've turned off those little Snap preview boxes that appear when you hover over links. The technology's great, but I can't honestly see the value of a postage stamp-sized preview of the linked-to site (especially if it doesn't even show up, first time around), with text far too small to be legible. Sure, they can be tweaked, but when 90% of the little boxes' appearances were by accident (I'm a poor clumsy user), that starts to get annoying. Any thoughts?
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Hi,
Why don't you try some of the customization options Snap is offering. One of them puts a little icon next to the link so that you can be more deliberate in your previewing. As for the larger size, we're working on that...
They were quite annoying. Turning them off seems like a better option than tinkering with them.
The icon option sounds handy, the problem is the sheer number of links we'd show on a typical page. I could work that out, but 600's a ballpark figure, and a bit of JavaScript that tried to modify as many things as that on-the-fly might reduce responsiveness noticeably.
Actually, what would be useful - a bit far-fetched, perhaps - would be the ability to pass a URL to the script, and get a simple IMG (maybe in a DIV) in return. I could then add a pop-out panel of my own design when I clicked on an icon next to a link ("get link/site info"), which, as well as my own components, contained the Snap preview image...
I'll second Garry's suggestion - less is more in some cases! Also a clumsy searcher and only ended up noticing them when they were in the way. Good try though!
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