Snapshot

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.

I've installed Snap Shots on both Closed on Sundays and my personal resurrected blog Critical Marginalia, each with slightly different features. The most noticeable is that Closed on Sundays contains the Snap Shots icon (which looks like a thought bubble) next to each link while Critical Marginalia does not. Also, Closed on Sundays requires you scroll directly over the icon specifically--allowing for a more directed, less accidental experience with Snap Shots--while Critical Marginalia allows a scroll over just the link, making Snap Shots more accessible, possibly to a fault.

Which do you like better? Do you like Snapshots at all? Feedback would be great! Thanks guys!