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hotDigg 1.0

by Paul Rowlingson

03 Apr 2006

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Verdict

An intriguing idea that often displays attention-grabbing headlines

Review Rating: rating

Platform: Windows XP

Manufacturer: Roman Mittermayr

Size: 544KB

Number of Downloads: 516

Price: £0.00

Hotdigg is a simple screensaver that capitalises on the Digg.com phenomenon. 

Digg.com is a community news site that relies on its users for news stories. Users submit stories, and other users rate, or 'digg', them.

The more 'diggs' a story gets, the bigger the exposure it gets on the website, with only the best stories making the homepage.

This screensaver displays the latest headlines in scrolling format, with the more popular stories in larger fonts.

Unfortunately, and somewhat disappointingly, the headlines are not clickable, so there is no way of getting further information on the stories without visiting the website and searching for the relevant headline.

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