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Re: Thumbnail preview in firefox

  • Subject: Re: Thumbnail preview in firefox
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2006 07:50:44 +0100
  • Newsgroups: alt.html
  • Organization: schestowitz.com / MCC / Manchester University
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__/ [ Neredbojias ] on Saturday 22 April 2006 04:25 \__

> To further the education of mankind, "frederick"
> <frederick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> vouchsafed:
> 
>> Neredbojias wrote:
>>> To further the education of mankind, Roy Schestowitz
>>> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> vouchsafed:
>>> > http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2005/07/02/screenshots-on-lin
>>> > ks/
>>>
>>> I wonder if it's a mortal sin to covet thy neighbour's favicon?


People seem to hate it actually. I have received complaints (requests for
removal, desire for a plug-ins that disables such motion). Its effect
offline (when steering away) can be seen among the bookmarks, which is
somewhat of a nuisance to most. I simply got used to it, but others have not
because it stands out too strongly.

Speaking of favicons, last week I realised that Firefox 1.5 makes a
favicon-like preview/thumbnail for pages that are purely images. Same for
videos one day? Sounds on MouseHover?


>> It is when they're animated!!
> 
> Then I'm in luck.  My neighbours are a sedentary lot (unless you slip a
> little grain alcohol in their geritol.)
> 
>> 
>> And the arrow-based navigation is... "interesting".
>> 
>>> Nice page, btw.
>> 
>> {sobs}


Thanks for the compliment. *smile* I lost confidence in the odd design of
that page -- a design that goes back to late 2004.

FWIW, I put up instructions for animated favicons at
http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2005/12/05/animated-favicons/ . I
worked on this as soon as I had come across the first animated favicon, so I
might be among the first few thousands(?). It's rare and unusual, so it
leaves a mental mark, I think.

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