To all the bloggers out there who are using the SnapShots link preview feature on their blogs. We hate it. It makes looking through your blog less enjoyable. No, it’s worse than that – it annoys us. In fact, 10 out of 10 blog readers surveyed say the SnapShot feature discourages them from returning to a blog (I made that up). Don’t believe that most people find it annoying? If you use it, take a poll on your blog and ask. Or you can just do the right thing and disable the feature.
Attention all Bloggers
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Those of us who use slow connections- such as Southern Seminary’s “broadband” hate it (ok, I’ve not asked anyone esle). But I share you hatred of it. For that reason I’ve never enabled it on my own blog.
Well, Steve says to do whatever you say. I guess I’ll disable it just for you.
oh, and send me $50.
Joe, you are a blogger of great courage. You speak the truth brother. Totally agree.
You’re absolutely right. I had it on my blog for about a week or so, but as I surfed around I realized how much I hated it on other blogs so I took it off.
Well said Joe. The feature is quite cute … for a few mins, but then it gets annoying!
I didn’t know I could disable the feature. Thanks for letting me know. I didn’t like it either.
Hey Joe, you probably never read my blog, but I never thought about the snapshot deal one way or the other, so just to appease you, I will turn it off. Thanks for letting me know.
Joe, are you try to start something here? I guess you are rather trying to end it. In any case, I join you in your crusade. All you need now is to make t-shirts and sell those rubber wristbands that everyone wears these days.
While we’re on the subject:
Flash menus are also annoying. If the connection speed isn’t good or if the mouse your using is a little quirky, it’s next to impossible to navigate a Flash menu. I do understand why they are used, but when possible they should be avoided, IMO.
Count me among the 10 out of 10 that hate it.
I had been thinking about getting it at one point, but you’re right it’s annoying. Everyone should follow your advice.
You can turn that thing off???? There goes the rest of my weekend. Now I gotta find the control that gets rid of it. I thought it was permanent.
Stephen,
Go to the “presentation” tab of your admin page and click on the sub-tab for “extras.” There you can unclick the “feature.”
Note: This is for Wordpress users. I don’t know it works for other formats.
Agreed! It’s too small to read, so what’s the point? If I want to see the page a link goes to, I *click the link*!
Who visits blogs? Isn’t that what RSS feeds are for?
Oh, I forgot to add: I agree entirely about Snapshots.
Sorry Joe. My last 50 fell out of my paper wallet, because I never laminated it.
LOL – Dan, that’s funny man!
Enjoy your trip.. The right guys are going.
Amen!
I am with you on this one Joe. Everyone please disable this feature.
Thank God someone finally wrote out how to disable that thing. It just showed up a while back and I couldn’t figure out how to get rid of it. Thanks guys!
Josh
“…the word of God is not bound.”
–2 Timothy 2:9
Joe et.al,
My name is Erik Wingren and I head up UX Research for Snap.com — the company behind the Snap Shots™ web service — and, for what it’s worth, I wanted to share my 2 cents on this topic.
In summary: Usefulness is a subjective measure, highly impacted by the context in which a functionality is used as well as the behavior and experience of the individual user. A discussion on Snap Shots (formerly known as Snap Preview Anywhere) and the user profile of YOUR audience can be found here.
And if you, or your readers, want a more in-depth perspective on the Snap Shots, I posted a write-up on the Snap Blog titled The Snap Preview Anywhere Use Case back in Feb.
That being said: Whether you are like Snap Shots or not, I truly appreciate you willingness to share your experiences of the product.
Cheers.
–
Erik Wingren
Snap UX Research
erik[@]snap[.]com
Brister-
Did I understand you to say, “Click on the ‘predestination’ tab”?
Oh snap, Joe, you got the snap guys on your blog.
You really are trying to start something . . .
Marty,
It was the “procrastination” tab. I waited too long to unclick. Joe had to kick my butt.
Because he was chosen to.
“It’s your destiny…”
Is that a lightsaber hum I hear?
Thank you thank you thank you! Those little pop ups make me scream.
Marty you wrote, “Click on the ‘predestination’ tab”?
Of course it is the ‘predestination’ tab! How could it be anything else?
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