The Playground

I installed a piece of javascript code today into the templates so that when you hover over the little icon next to links, a preview of the page pops up so you can decide whether you want to go there. Snap Preview Anywhere is free and easy to install. You simply place the piece of code into your index and individual entry templates (and anywhere else you would like the feature to appear).

Everitz Consulting has provided a plugin for use with the code, but I don't see the advantage of installing it. I was only made aware of the plugin for MT on the final page of the 3-step walk-through, after already selecting my options. The code still has to be placed in the templates, and you have the extra burden (for me it is a burden running FastCGI, where any change to the plugins requires the touch mt.fcgi call) of configuring the plugin. The configuration options are in the script that you insert into the templates, and are configurable when you sign up. Changing the options is possibly made easier with the plugin, whereby you wouldn't need to re-visit every template page.