it's not just grumpy old fartness, i swear

[sophiaserpentia]

So i'm seeing more and more links on LJ which include Snap Shots. These serve no discernible purpose other than bling. It's not like the preview you get of the page in question is readable, or is going to make any difference in whether or not you click the link. In fact, i find they slow me down, because they make me pause before clicking a link i was going to use.

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[argentla.livejournal.com]

I find them very occasionally useful. A lot of times people post links with no clear suggestion of what they may be. Sometimes you can figure it out by looking at the URL when rolling over it (if it's a YouTube link or something like that), but if the URL is not familiar, it's handy. Actually USING the damned things is a little cumbersome because they may take a second or three to load, at which point you might as well click and click back.

I'm not opposed in principle (I like Windows Vista's conceptually similar rollover concept, where you can see a miniature version of a different application window by rolling over it on the task bar), but in execution I'm leaning towards "useless bling."