DISQUS

Congraulations!

Hi Danny,

We chose not to make the links close automatically because we wanted to let users could dig multiple layers deep without worrying about moving their mouse too far and accidentally cause the window to close. We also saw that the mouse-over and mouse-away are especially bad for people with trackpads and trackpoints, of an increasingly laptop-bound web audience. Unlike a lot of other services you see on the web that use the mouse-out event to hide the window, readers use Apture to really engage, read, and consume the content in the windows, because it's high-quality stuff the author of the post chose for them to see.

That said, we really pay attention to user experience - and we built several shortcuts to close an Apture window more conveniently:

1) You can click on the link that launched the window in the first place (you'll notice the links icon has been replaced with a small (x)).

2) You can click anywhere on the body of the page to dismiss the last window you opened.

3) You can double-click anywhere on the body of the page to dismiss ALL Apture windows you opened.

Think of it as a stack, each window you are opening is added to a stack. And each time you click on the page background, you are closing one window off that stack. Double-clicking gets you back to where you were before.

Hope this is helpful! We'd love to hear more feedback from you, so shoot us an email at contact AT apture DOT com.

Hi Jason,

Thanks for the detailed review! Beyond just adding context, Apture searches a huge set of sources (more than thirty different content & media APIs) which will give end-readers to truly see, hear and immerse themselves in the ideas on the page.

For those interested to grab the free WordPress plugin, check it out here:

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/apture/

Thanks,
Tristan
(Apture Co-Founder & CEO)

Is that you?

Hey Bryan, cool use of Apture and thanks for the post! We really see it as a lot more than adding multimedia to your site in one click. It's about giving people a whole new way to communicate the rich ideas they have... imagine being able to combine a Slideshow, Podcast, interactive Wikipedia guide all in one experience without making people leave. The opportunities are really endless. Here's one great example of a site that's pushing the boundaries:
http://www.brandsouthafricablog.com/

Best,
Tristan
CEO, Apture

Hey Rich,

This is Tristan from Apture, I just invited you into the beta :) We're actually working on a new tutorial video right now - the one you integrated above is a little outdated which is one of the main reasons we're keeping things pretty low key for now - we want to make sure we can give users the best experience possible.

Send me an email with any feedback you have,
Tristan