Ok, so I’m trying out this service/plugin called Snap Preview Anywhere. Snap is a search engine, but their unique twist is to generate live previews of the search results. So before you click on a given search result, yo can view the preview to decide if you want to visit the site, or move on to the next result.
The Snap Preview Anywhere plugin that I’ve enable here on my blog generates a preview of the site that a given link is for. Simply hover over the link and a preview will appear.
I have noticed that many times this takes a second or two – so my question to you is:
Does the delay in the Snap Preview bother you, how bad is the delay when you’re simply trying to browse?
jkOnTheRun has a great preview of the Fujitsu P1610. I’m in the market for a new system and may compare this as an option instead of a regular laptop or UMPC.
Ok, so the more I think about how best to leverage my meager personal computing budget for 2007, the more ideas I have. While having ideas and options is not a bad thing – I’m starting to wonder if my trusty Pocket PC is worth the price any longer.
More and more, I’m thinking about a UMPC – one with WiFi, Bluetooth and a decent performance level. All I need to do is have a real computer with me at all times, be able to play media (not create it), Internet access for writing & blogging, email and such. That’s it.
With that in mind, I’m starting to think that I don’t need as robust a phone as I have today. I’ve got several (dozen – shh…) software packages for my Pocket PC, but I find that I only use a few – and then only lightly.
I know I could move to a Smartphone like the T-Mobile Dash or Moto Q, but can I go lower than that? Can I go back to a plain old phone? One that has 3G data services for sure, but a simple phone none the less?
The reality is that I’ll never really make use of that awesome looking 17″ Quad Core killer 10lb. laptop that I would otherwise be dreaming about. A simple laptop or UMPC is more my style today – it would do everything that I need it to do.
I’m just curious what others are planning now that Vista is on its way to store shelves – what changes are in store for your mobile kit?
Have you heard of the RSS features in Internet Explorer 7? How about Outlook 2007? Yep, Microsoft baked RSS goodness into the two most-used desktop applications from Redmond.
What? How well do they work? It just so happens that Kevin Tofel has a great overview of RSS in the two products. It really is a an honest appraisal of how well Microsoft has implemented RSS.
Integration is quite good, but the feature set is a little lacking. Still, if you’re starting out with RSS – these two applications will help you get a good understanding of how RSS can help you consume more information faster than simply browsing news sites.
Knowing that the MySpace fad is starting to wane, who in their right mind would toss $6B at it? News Corp is off their nut. Sure it’s grown in fiscal value since the purchase, but not 10x the amount as they claim. Just makes me laugh.
But what value does all these widgets bring? I think they’re cool and useful, but when is it too much? How many cool things can one add to your blog, site, or desktop before the performance impact negates the usefulness? And are they really, truly usef
Reporter’s Notebook: Bill Gates tells Charlie Rose and Stanford University audience at TechNet conference that ‘we’re at the beginning of something important again’ in development of technology — just as in the 1980s with the advent of the PC.
Microsoft plans to release a Longhorn Community Technology Preview later this year, followed by another CTP in early 2007 and then Longhorn Beta 3 by the middle of the year.
Everywhere I’ve turned the last week or so, some new widget deal has been announced. While there are some really cool widgets and obviously some really great uses for them, does everyone want to load down their sites with these things? How much performance is sucked out of a site when building in all these widgets?
I think they’re cool, but am starting to wonder if they really bring any true value – for that matter, what value does the plug-ins I’ve added here bring?
