I HATE SNAPSHOT THING.

[krait]

Please, o wonderful flist, tell me there's some way to kill these snapshot-popup-linkpreview things? I have (I think) disabled them in my own journal, but I still see them whenever I'm, well, anywhere that's not my own journal.

I cannot even express how annoying I find them, and I seem to recall a post somewhere that had instructions on how to get rid of them... surely there's a way to avoid seeing them at all (short of starting a revolt, conquering LJ, and annihilating the whole thing at the root)?

Does my computer security (I have AVG and ZoneAlarm) have anything to do with this? Why doesn't my pop-up blocker catch them?

The longer I stick around LJ, the more pleasant and sensible I'm finding IJ and JournalFen...

Comments

[iibnf.livejournal.com]

http://spacecowb0y.livejournal.com/281574.html?style=mine

[fer-de-lance.livejournal.com]

That's it! Thank you!

Thought I still can't figure out the second part -- what is AdBlock Plus? I don't think I have it, and the linked instructions for IE are for a version I don't have -- there is no "Preferences" option on my Tools menu, so I'm lost. If I go to 'Pop Up Blocker Settings," there's only a space for allowing specific sites, nothing for "block these."

I may just have to ask on that journal, though I realise it's a kind of old post.

[fer-de-lance.livejournal.com]

...AHA! I found the key!

Let there be rejoicing! (WHO thought this abomination was a GOOD idea?! I think the LJdev team have been abusing the bad crack...)

[iibnf.livejournal.com]

I don't think you need the AdBlock thing. You just turn it off on your own LJ, then turn it off on snapshots if you use another computer or something. I had to turn it off at work and at home. Man, it's annoying!

[fer-de-lance.livejournal.com]

I think you're right. :D I have now dismantled it, and it hasn't dared show its face again so far...

And yes, it is annoying! I keep boggling over the fact that somehow, somewhere, someone thought this was a good idea -- and convinced an entire team of developers to go along!