webshotspro.com— Firefox plugin adds website screenshot thumbnails to each and every digg listing. Know what you are clicking on before you click it. Screenshots dynamically generated by WebShotsPro.com
Sep 6, 2006View in Crawl 4
mc4_a, that's fine, don't use our service, and find someone else willing to serve up free thumbnails. If you don't trust me, you shouldn't be installing my XPI on your computer in the first place. If every digger downloads our free extension and is leeching thumbnails off our server all day we gain nothing from it. It is just a waste of bandwidth for us and costs us money. How long do you think a service like that can last with no means of income? We are just programmers, we are not rich, and i dobut this will make us rich. We hope the google ads will cover our monthly server costs.By requiring a registration we have control over who can use it, and can ban users that are abusing the system. If it upsets you and you don't use it, then it just saves us bandwidth.
Man...what a happy, fun-loving thread this has turned out to be. I think Im going to just wait for this to be added to the website by the Diggvelopers...
TechHerder,Your attitude is just ugly. We understand you're trying to cover expenses, and it's true nobody is forced to use your service, but you also weren't forced to build it in the first place, and I assume you built it to be used. If people are telling you that a certain aspect of your service makes it useless for them, just try to fix it as much as you can, instead of telling everybody off. It's called "feedback", not a "complaint".Honestly, what reason does anybody have to trust you with their e-mail?
Yeah, it doesn't. It's very unfortunate, because I was looking forward to using the extension. I hope that digg can implement the feature on their own.
techherderSep 7, 2006Submitter
mc4_a, that's fine, don't use our service, and find someone else willing to serve up free thumbnails. If you don't trust me, you shouldn't be installing my XPI on your computer in the first place. If every digger downloads our free extension and is leeching thumbnails off our server all day we gain nothing from it. It is just a waste of bandwidth for us and costs us money. How long do you think a service like that can last with no means of income? We are just programmers, we are not rich, and i dobut this will make us rich. We hope the google ads will cover our monthly server costs.By requiring a registration we have control over who can use it, and can ban users that are abusing the system. If it upsets you and you don't use it, then it just saves us bandwidth.
spacemanspiffSep 7, 2006
"We would appreciate it if you shared any changes you make with the community."...and your email.
m0oseSep 7, 2006
This extension works for me, I didn't have to singup for anything or enter a token...
techherderSep 8, 2006Submitter
We are now listed on Mozdev. Happy downloading.<a class="user" href="https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/3340/">https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/3340/</a>
singlewallSep 8, 2006
Man...what a happy, fun-loving thread this has turned out to be. I think Im going to just wait for this to be added to the website by the Diggvelopers...
inbalSep 8, 2006
TechHerder,Your attitude is just ugly. We understand you're trying to cover expenses, and it's true nobody is forced to use your service, but you also weren't forced to build it in the first place, and I assume you built it to be used. If people are telling you that a certain aspect of your service makes it useless for them, just try to fix it as much as you can, instead of telling everybody off. It's called "feedback", not a "complaint".Honestly, what reason does anybody have to trust you with their e-mail?
gabenSep 12, 2006
I've got a sneaking suspicion this installs flash ads.
techherderSep 13, 2006Submitter
This does not install any flash ads. The DiggThumbs extension is ad free, only a small link to <a class="user" href="http://www.webshotspro.com">http://www.webshotspro.com</a> will appear at the bottom of digg.com when using it.
unr3a1Sep 19, 2006
Crap, now its stopped working. I guess either digg shut them down or they were running out of bandwidth.
scott1andrewsJan 3, 2007
doesn't support firefox 2.0?
konstantinoMar 4, 2007
Yeah, it doesn't. It's very unfortunate, because I was looking forward to using the extension. I hope that digg can implement the feature on their own.
koltregaskesApr 14, 2008
Download link doesn't work, fetch it from here: <a class="user" href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3340">https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/334 ...</a>