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Okay already, I removed SNAP. . .

January 30, 2007

On occasion people email me about my blog. Mostly positive stuff, but recently more than a few of you have asked (demanded?) that I get rid of Snap Preview (the feature that gave you a look at a page before you actually clicked on it). I guess lots of people are annoyed by it. Anyway, it is gone now. Performancing has a post explaining why Snap is bad for your blog:

 

  • Accidental triggers: When scrolling, or just moving from one element (maybe a link, maybe a photo etc) to another, the unintentional triggering of the SPA popup is distracting, at best. It draws the eye away from the task at hand, and causes annoyance, and loss of concentration — if you’re actually selling anything, pay close attention to this point!
  • Click stalling: Quite often, when trying to click a link that features the Snap abomination, I have to click several times to get the damn thing to work. This is too much effort. If your site is that hard to use, you can bet I wont be back, and neither will others.
  • I trust you: No, really I do! Im at your blog, despite like everyone else being really busy, im at your blog! I just want to follow the fucking link ok? Dont crowd me like some over-eager second hand car salesman trying to sell me a dodgy link, just let me see that its a link, read the anchor text and decide if I want to click it. I dont care what the bloody site looks like, if you’re linking to it, that’s good enough for me — really, get out of my face.

Written by Alexander Muse · Filed Under Blog 

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One Response to “Okay already, I removed SNAP. . .”

  1. STUFFLEUFAGUS » Blog Archive » 3 Reasons Why Snap Preview is Ruining Your Blog, and Hurting Your Readership | Performancing.com Says:
    January 31st, 2007 at 1:32 am

    [...] Well, it happened today because Performancing blogged about it, Scoble caught onto it  and finally killed his Snap (which I complained about in his comments weeks ago) and The Texas Startup Blog (one I really enjoy). [...]

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