27054 0 3 econsultancy_xml <p>While it is a site that certainly looks the part, replete with Web 2.0 logo, <a href="http://www.websnapr.com/">Websnapr</a> isn’t working too quickly, no doubt due to the traffic spike it will have received from those aforementioned social media sites du jour.</p> <p>If you're trying it out then be patient, or, visit a solid-as-a-rock alternative called Bluga.net WebThumb. </p> <p>WebThumb invites you to enter a URL and then spits out <a href="http://bluga.net/webthumb/pickup.php?id=wt4536506876a0d&amp;reload=true">thumbnails in four different sizes</a>. Websnapr, by contrast, <a href="http://images.websnapr.com/?url=www.e-consultancy.com">only provides one (small) size</a> at the time of writing.</p> <p>WebThumb’s brainchild – and AJAX guru - Joshua Eichorn has made the code available as an open API, <a href="http://blog.joshuaeichorn.com/archives/2006/09/22/webthumb-contest/">allowing you to do something lovely with it</a>.</p> <FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/"> <Paragraph>While it is a site that certainly looks the part, replete with Web 2.0 logo, <Link URL="http://www.websnapr.com/" Window="New">Websnapr</Link> isn’t working too quickly, no doubt due to the traffic spike it will have received from those aforementioned social media sites du jour.</Paragraph> <Paragraph>If you're trying it out then be patient, or, visit a solid-as-a-rock alternative called Bluga.net WebThumb. </Paragraph> <Paragraph>WebThumb invites you to enter a URL and then spits out <Link URL="http://bluga.net/webthumb/pickup.php?id=wt4536506876a0d&amp;reload=true" Window="New">thumbnails in four different sizes</Link>. Websnapr, by contrast, <Link URL="http://images.websnapr.com/?url=www.e-consultancy.com" Window="New">only provides one (small) size</Link> at the time of writing.</Paragraph> <Paragraph>WebThumb’s brainchild – and AJAX guru - Joshua Eichorn has made the code available as an open API, <Link URL="http://blog.joshuaeichorn.com/archives/2006/09/22/webthumb-contest/" Window="New">allowing you to do something lovely with it</Link>.</Paragraph> </FormattedContent> 2006-10-18T17:43:00+01:00 0 1 econsultancy_xml <p> <strong>Websnapr has been getting a lot of good coverage over the past couple of days on delicious and Digg, but it isn’t the only thumbnail generator in town.</strong> </p> <FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/"> <Paragraph> <Emphasis>Websnapr has been getting a lot of good coverage over the past couple of days on delicious and Digg, but it isn’t the only thumbnail generator in town.</Emphasis> </Paragraph> </FormattedContent> false 390 <p>Read Econsultancy's <strong><a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/cms-survey-report">CMS Survey Report</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/content-management-systems-cms-buyer-s-guide-2007">CMS Buyer's Guide</a></strong> to learn more about this topic.</p> <p>Read Econsultancy's <strong><a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/cms-survey-report">CMS Survey Report</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/content-management-systems-cms-buyer-s-guide-2007">CMS Buyer's Guide</a></strong> to learn more about this topic.</p> 361924 Websnapr vs WebThumb - thumbnail generators for webpages false 2006-10-18T17:43:00+01:00 websnapr-vs-webthumb-thumbnail-generators-for-webpages 2009-04-29T23:30:44+01:00 2009-10-13T08:39:57+01:00 206