snap what?

Okay, it’s really annoying me that wordpress.com has implemented this “snap” preview window thing that pops up whenever you hover over a link. Oy!

In a search engine, this “snap” thing is wonderful — you get a little preview of the site without the time and frustration of clicking and going back, etc.

But it really annoys me when I don’t expect it and it suddenly appears in my face. And when it interferes with using a site by covering up navigation links or (usually) by blocking what I was reading. Yeah, it goes away when you mouse off, but what about those pages with a lot of links? Hard to miss hitting one and setting the preview thing off again.

I realize that it’s possible to turn it off. There is an “options” link in the corner of the snap window — click that and you have the option of turning off the tool for this site or for all sites.

But I wish I had a choice about it appearing on my blog. Hmm. Might be enough to make me move this thing to my Dreamhost account.