http://spauldingtech.net Web Design, Programming, and Technology Tue, 15 May 2012 14:34:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://spauldingtech.net/2012/03/customize-url-preview-in-a-facebook-post/#comment-13 citra Tue, 15 May 2012 14:34:31 +0000 http://spauldingtech.net/?p=733#comment-13 Well, frames and ifmaers are tools. They get a bad rap, like tables, because they are frequently misused. I can't, however, think of a better way to get this functionality. What people wanted was a view of their post exactly as it would appear on the blog. The iframe gives us that window.As for live preview the problem is that we would have to save the post as a draft before we could update the iframe, which might be undesirable. Also, you can't exactly be typing and looking at a live preview at the same time it's rather a back-and-forth process (which is why I created the edit/preview links for jumping between).My thoughts on the feature are . Well, frames and ifmaers are tools. They get a bad rap, like tables, because they are frequently misused. I can’t, however, think of a better way to get this functionality. What people wanted was a view of their post exactly as it would appear on the blog. The iframe gives us that window.As for live preview the problem is that we would have to save the post as a draft before we could update the iframe, which might be undesirable. Also, you can’t exactly be typing and looking at a live preview at the same time it’s rather a back-and-forth process (which is why I created the edit/preview links for jumping between).My thoughts on the feature are .

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