Comments on: Snappy or sappy? http://bit-player.org/2006/snappy-or-sappy An amateur's outlook on computation and mathematics. Thu, 17 May 2012 08:40:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: S.Karthikeyan http://bit-player.org/2006/snappy-or-sappy#comment-1239 S.Karthikeyan Fri, 08 Dec 2006 05:22:02 +0000 http://bit-player.org/?p=74#comment-1239 It is pure sappy. Do not add any value to user in my humble opinion. It is pure sappy. Do not add any value to user in my humble opinion.

]]> By: Weiqi Gao http://bit-player.org/2006/snappy-or-sappy#comment-1236 Weiqi Gao Thu, 07 Dec 2006 13:43:57 +0000 http://bit-player.org/?p=74#comment-1236 Well, it's fun, novel, and refreshing. But it's utterly useless. I can't read a word off of the balloon. Plus, the useless thumbnail obscures the text on your webpage, the text I came to read in the first place. Why hide your own words with a useless pictures of other website? The link itself is good enough. Well, it’s fun, novel, and refreshing. But it’s utterly useless. I can’t read a word off of the balloon. Plus, the useless thumbnail obscures the text on your webpage, the text I came to read in the first place.

Why hide your own words with a useless pictures of other website? The link itself is good enough.

]]> By: Monte Davis http://bit-player.org/2006/snappy-or-sappy#comment-1235 Monte Davis Thu, 07 Dec 2006 13:09:19 +0000 http://bit-player.org/?p=74#comment-1235 D'oh!... coffee just kicked in, and I realized that the thumbnail came up not while mousing over the link in the RSS text entry, but while viewing with FeedDemon's internal browser. D’oh!… coffee just kicked in, and I realized that the thumbnail came up not while mousing over the link in the RSS text entry, but while viewing with FeedDemon’s internal browser.

]]> By: Monte Davis http://bit-player.org/2006/snappy-or-sappy#comment-1234 Monte Davis Thu, 07 Dec 2006 12:56:33 +0000 http://bit-player.org/?p=74#comment-1234 For what it's worth, the thumbnail does pop up in the RSS reader FeedDemon. My response is mildly negative: the annoyance of unintended popups strikes me as likely to exceed the benefit of the preview. For what it’s worth, the thumbnail does pop up in the RSS reader FeedDemon.

My response is mildly negative: the annoyance of unintended popups strikes me as likely to exceed the benefit of the preview.

]]> By: Derek http://bit-player.org/2006/snappy-or-sappy#comment-1233 Derek Thu, 07 Dec 2006 04:46:33 +0000 http://bit-player.org/?p=74#comment-1233 It's faster and less annoying to just open the link in a new window or new tab. It’s faster and less annoying to just open the link in a new window or new tab.

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