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del.icio.us bookmarklets + Firefox Bookmarks Synchronizer = Bookmarks Management Nirvana..;-)

Posted : January 26, 2005 at 3:37 pm [America/Los_Angeles]

Step 1: You surf to a site that you would like to bookmark and click on del.icio.us bookmarklet



Step 2: You get a del.icio.us page with all the info pre-populated and the ability to add/edit stuff

As some of you may have noticed, I have started a new Linkblog. However, instead of using a customized version of my Blog Engine (Movable Type) to support the Linkblog or writing one from scratch, I decided to piggy back on the amazing service provided by the folks behind del.icio.us.

So, what is del.icio.us?

About:

» del.icio.us is a social bookmarks manager. It allows you to easily add sites you like to your personal collection of links, to categorize those sites with keywords, and to share your collection not only between your own browsers and machines, but also with others.

» Once you’ve registered for the service, you add a simple bookmarklet to your browser (see below). When you find a web page you’d like to add to your list, you simply select the del.icio.us bookmarklet, and you’ll be prompted for a information about the page. You can add descriptive terms to group similar links together, modify the title of the page, and add extended notes for yourself or for others.

» You can access your list of links from any web browser. By default, your links are shown to you in reverse chronological order, with those you’ve added most recently at the top. In addition to viewing by date, you can also view all links in a specific category (you define your own categories as you add the links), or search your links for keywords.

» What makes del.icio.us a social system is its ability to let you see the links that others have collected, as well as showing you who else has bookmarked a specific site. You can also view the links collected by others, and subscribe to the links of people whose lists you find interesting.

Bookmarklets:

IMPORTANT: You should add these to your link bar.
» my del.icio.us (use this one to get to your del.icio.us page)
» post to del.icio.us (use this to create a bookmark. works in internet explorer, mozilla, and safari)
» popup post to del.icio.us (use this one to create a bookmark. works in mozilla and safari)

About del.icio.us

So why would I use del.ico.us, especially when I have plugins like the one mentioned in my previous post?

Here’s how I see it. Bookmarks that are part of your browser should really be used for bookmarking links that are more “transaction” oriented. Meaning, you should bookmark (using your browser’s capabilities) those links which you know you will be using on a fairly regular basis. Things like news sites you visit daily, links to online bill payment sites, links to utility sites like Amazon, Newegg, links to web resources on your intranet etc. My previous post talks about how to ensure that these bookmarks are always in sync if you use more than one computer to surf the web.

However, we all know the limitation of using the Bookmarks feature of the browser for “all” our bookmarks. It really does not scale very well. Soon, you find yourself struggling to find links that you use on a daily basis. Frankly, the bookmarks feature of your browser should really not be used to store hyperlinks that are more “research” or “reference” oriented. Sites that you come across during your daily surfing (or RSS aggregating) and would like to quickly stash somewhere for future reference. That’s where del.icio.us fits the bill perfectly (see the figures above to see what the bookmaring process in del.icio.us looks like).

Oh, and you can use it as your Linkblog too

- Anand

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