Snapshots

Introducing Snap Shots from Snap.com

I just installed a nice little tool on this site called Snap Shots that enhances links with visual previews of the destination site, interactive excerpts of Wikipedia articles, MySpace profiles, IMDb profiles and Amazon products, display inline videos, RSS, MP3s, photos, stock charts and more.

Sometimes Snap Shots bring you the information you need, without your having to leave the site, while other times it lets you "look ahead," before deciding if you want to follow a link or not.

Should you decide this is not for you, just click the Options icon in the upper right corner of the Snap Shot and opt-out.

About "snapshots"

Snapshots is, you know, that feature that gives a preview of links leading away from my journal, giving a popup "preview" when you hover the cursor over a link.

I just learned (thanks Celeste) that you can turn that feature off if you find it irritating (like my husband, who mutters to himself, "What the Hell?"every time a preview pops up.

Celeste gave instructions for turning Snapshots off better than I could, right HERE.