Comments on: Note to other bloggers

By: Standard Mischief

Standard Mischief — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 04:14:04 +0000

Six annoying steps to banish those Snap.com pop-up thingys, a howto guide. Please to be leaving me some feedback.

By: Digger

Digger — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 01:53:43 +0000

Nearly the most worthless and annoying invention ever developed.

I say nearly because about the only thing worse is actual pop up ads prior to pop up blocking ability.

If you’re a blogger with this on your site delete it quick before you lose visitors.

By: gunner

gunner — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 01:03:39 +0000

That snap thing and brietbart news articles with their popup links are real bothersome.

By: Adam Lawson

Adam Lawson — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 23:28:14 +0000

Thank God I’m not the only one who hates that. It’s creeping onto more blogs very slowly and I was afraid it was going to be the next big thing.

And thank you, Standard Mischief, for pointing out a way around it in Firefox. I’ve been using FF + Adblock for a while but hadn’t thought of that way around it.

By: AlanDP

AlanDP — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 22:46:01 +0000

Thanks, Uncle! I complained about how annoying those things are a while back, but nobody ever listens to me.

By: mike hollihan

mike hollihan — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 20:29:51 +0000

I sometimes find it handy as a way to preview something before I click any links. But the way it just POPS up, in the way, unexpectedly, really is annoying. It’s not knowing that Snap is being used, and then being surprised by it, that bugs me.

By: jimmyb

jimmyb — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 19:42:27 +0000

Fucking-A it’s annoying!!!
It makes me not want to come back to a site.

By: #9

#9 — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 17:52:30 +0000

What is the point of snap? To make surfing as annoying as possible?

By: Zach

Zach — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 16:52:35 +0000

Glad I’m not the only one who finds that annoying

By: David Codrea

David Codrea — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 16:12:16 +0000

Oops.

By: Craig T.

Craig T. — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 15:33:46 +0000

That thing really is annoying! Especially when you are simply browsing through a post that has several links.

By: Standard Mischief

Standard Mischief — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 15:20:35 +0000

You can go to the snap website and get a cookie to stop that shit. However, [dons tinfoil hat], they can use this as a “web-bug” and track and sell your surfing habits.

A total block would use Firefox and the AdBlock extension. Just add this to your blocklist:

http://spa.snap.com/snap_preview_anywhere.js*

I'll write up a full howto sometime tonight.