Snap Preview Gets More User Friendly

Initially when Snap Preview was made public, many users found it annoying because it looked more like a contextual Advertisement (IntelliTXT). Seems like Snap Preview Team heard your voice; now they have added icon denoting SPA behavior near links and Snap Preview can be triggered by hovering either over link (currently), link + icon or just icon. This makes annoying Snap Previews much more eye friendlier.

Other new features announced by Snap Preview include customizable color scheme, option to add your logo into the preview bubble and opt-in badge which allows your readers to switch on Snap Previews by choice. I think this is a great feature for both publishers as well as audience, because everybody’s brain doesn’t work in the same angle, some might love snap previews, while other might find it annoying.

Would you love to see Snap Previews on TechBuzz? Let’s talk through comments!

This post was published by on February 20, 2007

About the Author: Thilak Rao works as a Social Media Expert. He is one of the first professional bloggers from India, and he loves to write, travel and click photos. Follow him on Twitter @thilak

  • http://www.rishiraj.info Rishi

    SPA is a awesome tool. But some problems – takes a lot of time to load the thumbnail.

    And on the topic of having SPA on TechBuzz … in my opinion, NO! Better if you add a javascript code which I added on my blog which is fast and simple.

    But again, if you get on looks, SPA is the best. I javascript which I use needs a modification in the CSS.

    Plus points of SPA according to me -
    1) Looks
    2) Customizable

    Minus points of SPA according to me -
    1) Slow
    2) too much disturbing and irritating for the readers.

    I think it will be a nice discussion now on SPA ON TECHBUZZ topic!

  • http://tech-buzz.net Thilak

    Rishi: Lets take it to the forum then!

  • http://www.rishiraj.info Rishi

    Yeah!

    That will be good !

    EVERYONE PLZ JOIN TECHBUZZ FORUM @ forum.tech-buzz.net and go to the thread with this topic!

  • http://bryansrants.com/ Bryan

    I would like to see Snap on Tech Buzz. I currently have it on my blog and love it!

  • http://ajaydsouza.com/ Ajay

    Hey, you forgot about my plugin!

  • http://tweak-everything.blogspot.com cyber$|X

    Snap is really awesome..how can i put it to my blog?

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  • http://bryansrants.com/ Bryan

    I would like to see Snap on Tech Buzz. I currently have it on my blog and love it!