Snap!

Thank you, Craig Mazin. I quite like this new feature.

Very sexy. I dig it.

How much do I dig it? So much so that I’ve immediately stolen it and included it on my blog as well.

Thanks for all of the time and effort you put into the site! The new feature is great :)

Craig:

How could you not name this post:

Oh, Snap!

Snap! is cool.

It will be cool even longer than saying Snap! was.

You’ve cheated Old Man Cool Death for another year.

Just remember…he’s waiting…for that moment… when you say something that dates you.

Like ‘cool’.

Kev:

I’m trying to hide my age. :)

Hi Craig, just wanted to say thank you to you and your commenters for this post. I’ve had the Snap preview widget a few weeks now and have only just gotten around to asking people what they think of it. Of the responses so far, most people are saying they don’t like it… (http://claireraikes.blogs.com/bizblogangel/2007/04/snappreviewwi.html) so its interesting to see that your commenters see it differently - for now at least. I loved it to start with - now I’m finding it mildly annoying :o) - so I wonder if time will affect opinions. I’ll watch this space! Warmest Claire

Nifty, looks a little like I had an egg salad sandwich and was so psyched by ArtfulWriter that I did a spit take all over my monitor. But cereally, is it possible to use a different icon, perhaps one of the same color : #993300 as the link itself? And is it spit take, spit-take, or spittake? And yes, I come here to avoid writing.

i think it’s a good addition.

Davidchecker:

Yeah, I know. Unfortunately, you can’t customize the icon. I have three choices.

First, live with the egg salad.

Second, use one of the other 8 available colors.

Third, ditch the icon completely, and have it only pop up when they hover over the link.

Anyone have any preferences?

And now we know all about your new beginning. You excite way too easily, dude.

have it pop up when they hover.

I’d say pop up when they hover - cleaner look.

Hover over the link.

Done and done. No more bubbles. Snap activates when you hover.

OK, now this whole page disappears when a Snap popup pops up. This wasn’t happening a few hours ago. Anyone else getting this?

Anyone else?

That’s a new one on me. Brower/OS?

IE 6.0.2900.2180.xpspsp2gdr.070227-2254 on Win XP Home 5.1.2600.

Works fine with Firefox 2.0.0.3 (PC).

I’m seeing the same issue on my work PC, which is running the exact same version of IE, but not as consistently it seems — sometimes that doesn’t happen.

About the Virginia Tech murders.

Here’s an account of the life of a man who was in a labour camp in Russia as a child and 70 years later was shot to death by a mass murderer in an American University. Words can’t begin to describe.

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1176152816138&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Snap was fun for about a day, then I found it (and anything else that pops up and obscures what I’m trying to read) incredibly annoying.

But this isn’t meant as a diss for your often very useful blog!

I still think saying “Oh, Snap!” is fun…

Of course, I’m lame. So that might have something to do with it.

There?s a difference between what you’re talking about and what Craig’s talking about. Yes, having names on the envelopes insures a fair process. That doesn’t mean, however, that that information can or should be passed on to other members, or used in any way except its primary purpose.

I very much disagree. While how your vote is secret, if you voted is very much a public concern. Certainly to make sure multiple votes aren’t tabulated at the minimum.

In NYC, the list of people who voted is available during election day to the party leaders so they can compare the data to their party member list to see who hasn?t voted and follow up.

If someone is running for a seat on the board, I?ve like to know if s/he?s been voting on a regular basis.

I would rather have the guild follow up and call me about me vote then have it get lost in the mail or misplaced and not counted. Or, saying I was distracted, remind me. It’s a guild vote, why wouldn’t the guild be involved? If only to make sure my non-vote was a protest and not just apathy.

[blockquote]I can see where a get out the vote drive would be more intense. Especially if the name of a FORMER BOARD MEMBER comes up on the hasn’t voted list. Good example to set. Blog about the election then forget to vote. Real good example to set. Especially after you announced your secret vote on a public blog. Yeah, that makes sense.[/blockquote]

As annoying or stupid as Craig’s actions might seem to you, they’re his to make.

true. It’s me; not voting when I could is nothing I’d be announcing out loud.

If Craig vigorously supported the strike here, but secretly voted no, that would also be his right, and if you had somehow come by knowledge he had done this, it would NOT be your right to reveal.

Well, duh. Secret ballot. of course.

It’s a simple principal at work here, one central and essential to our process. It’s kinda shocking to me how many people don’t get it (or, in Craig’s case, only selectively apply it).

Again, disagree. Two different principles. Secret ballot vs. public knowledge of submitting a ballot (or not).

Ths cynic in me would say it was almost like he was looking for an excuse not to vote.