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Idea: Add a Frame to Digg Stories, like Google Images

Digg, like I’ve said many times in the past, is my favorite news website because it offers a constant flow of interesting articles to feed my Internet addiction. To read (Digg.com) news articles, you have to click on the headine, which either opens the website in a new window or in the same window (as Digg was in). What would make “digging” articles even easier would be to incorporate a small frame above the article, to allow for digging without having to go back to Digg every time.

Confused? I made an example (click for bigger picture):

It’s reminiscent of the frame you see when using Google’s image search, but instead of images it uses Digg stories.

With the frame you could add navigation links, thus allowing you to see the next article without having to go back to Digg. The frame feature would be a useful addition to Digg even if it were an optional setting. The idea of a Digg frame seems to be another step closer to a Digg toolbar, which would then put Digg in competition with recently acquired StumbleUpon. None the less, I have high hopes for the popular social news website.