Greetings!

I just came upon a search engine (http://www.wisenut.com) that allows you to "sneak-a-peek" at the intended website within the search results. They use javascript and some iframe tags to get this done and it is the coolest thing I've ever seen. Now if I just could do the same thing in LinkSql I would be a happy camper.

Go see for yourself with this sample search and click on "sneak-a-peek".


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Jack R.
http://www.aeroseek.com/

couldn't see the sneak-a-peek link. guess it only works in ie.

r

Yes....sorry about that, IE is required.
Jack R.
http://www.aeroseek.com/

Interesting, but frivolous, if not goofy... What's the advantage over just opening the "sneak peak" site in a new window? Either way, you have to wait for it to load. Seems like all it accomplishes is slowing down the loading of the on-site page.

Dan

The advantage is the CONVENIENCE of not having to open and close yet another window and deal with the oftentimes annoying popups. And I don't believe it slows down the loading of the "on-site" page because the sneak-a-peek page is not actually loaded until you click on the link.

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Jack R.
http://www.aeroseek.com/

I was referring to the page's code required to build all that stuff under the hood. Seemed to slow it down significantly.

I don't see how opening a window is an inconvenience. Either way, you're clicking on a mere one link to open a window (or open the link in the same window if that's how the directory is set up) or view the sneak peak... Closing the window again only requires one click, which coincidentally is exactly the same number of clicks as it takes to close the sneak peak window! Now, I suppose you could make a case that numerous sneak peak windows could be left open, but I would counter that that aesthetical sloppiness outweighs the monumental task of that one click to close the big bad window...

Dan

What I find even neater is the walla.co.il search site, try this sample query:

http://find.walla.co.il/ts.cgi?q=yoga

Ivan
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Iyengar Yoga Resources / GT Plugins

It's all backwards

maybe that explains why my site is at the bottom and not at the top....

Ivan
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Iyengar Yoga Resources / GT Plugins

What language is that?

Sean

.il = Israel

I must say that Wisnut "Sneak a Peek" is pretty slick! I'd be very doing something like this on my site as well. A slightly larger IFrame in my detailed pages would be hot.

Personaly I like the WiseGuide Feature the most. Love to have that.
AuctionGuy
If you think Education is expensive, Try ignorance.

I apologize for being off-topic, but does anyone know what they use to create the thumbnail screenshots? I have been trying to find a way to integrate that feature into my Links site.


Charlie Vance

yeah a thumbnail image is so cool.

Jack-

Thanks for pointing out the Sneak-a-Peak feature at Wisenut. I think it is an excellent feature for a search engine. In my case it makes it much more efficient for me to quickly evaluate sites on the results page to see which ones meet my needs. If the site looks good, I then click to open a full window. If not, I just close it up and continue down the list. I also would love to integrate something like this into my own Links SQL directory.

--FrankM

I really like the function in http://find.walla.co.il/ts.cgi?q=yoga, is it possible to integrate this feature in Links SQL? Also, is it possible to add other popular search engine's searching function in Links SQL.

I really want someone can help me to integrate this features in my Links SQL.

Wonder if anyone figure out the thumbnail image addon?