I’m messing around with the updated Snap Shots code. It enhances the links you see on this page with visual previews of the other sites, interactive excerpts of things like:
- Wikipedia articles
- IMDb titles
- Amazon products like the book I am currently reading
- inline videos
- RSS feeds from a site
- MP3s like this La Primavera track
- photos
- stock charts
…you get the idea…
They say the “Snap Shots” can bring you the information you need, without having to leave a 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, snap says it is as simple as clicking the Options icon in the upper right corner of a Snap Shot and opting-out.
If you want this for your own wordpress blog, check out the plugin