Comments on: ma.gnolia, del.icio.us or oth.er? http://www.friskdesign.com/2008/04/12/magnolia-delicious-or-other/ Portfolio of London based web designer, with a focus on accessibility and usability. Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:26:43 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Matthew Hill http://www.friskdesign.com/2008/04/12/magnolia-delicious-or-other/comment-page-1/#comment-494 Matthew Hill Sat, 16 Aug 2008 10:35:18 +0000 http://www.friskdesign.com/blog/2008/04/12/magnolia-delicious-or-other/#comment-494 Hi Phil -- welcome to my blog, good to chat the other day. Thanks for the tip -- I'll be sure to check it out when I get some free time. :-) Hi Phil — welcome to my blog, good to chat the other day. Thanks for the tip — I’ll be sure to check it out when I get some free time. :-)

]]> By: Philip Ewen http://www.friskdesign.com/2008/04/12/magnolia-delicious-or-other/comment-page-1/#comment-490 Philip Ewen Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:58:01 +0000 http://www.friskdesign.com/blog/2008/04/12/magnolia-delicious-or-other/#comment-490 I use the bookmarks in firefox 3, along with Foxmarks service which syncs the bookmarks to my laptop and other machines. Works very well indeed. I use the bookmarks in firefox 3, along with Foxmarks service which syncs the bookmarks to my laptop and other machines. Works very well indeed.

]]> By: Matthew Hill http://www.friskdesign.com/2008/04/12/magnolia-delicious-or-other/comment-page-1/#comment-275 Matthew Hill Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:19:38 +0000 http://www.friskdesign.com/blog/2008/04/12/magnolia-delicious-or-other/#comment-275 After a bit more playing today, I conclude that these tools simply don't suit my way of working and it's unlikely I'll switch to them. I've cleaned up my Firefox bookmarks into better organised folders which is probably all I needed to to do in the first place... in addition, it's so easy to find stuff using Google these days, that bookmarking can almost be seen as redundant. I did briefly consider linking them into my blog to drive more traffic here. But I really don't think that many people are concerned about what I'm linking to; there are millions of others doing that just fine. One more makes no difference. I'll be closing both accounts, I have no need for them. After a bit more playing today, I conclude that these tools simply don’t suit my way of working and it’s unlikely I’ll switch to them. I’ve cleaned up my Firefox bookmarks into better organised folders which is probably all I needed to to do in the first place… in addition, it’s so easy to find stuff using Google these days, that bookmarking can almost be seen as redundant.

I did briefly consider linking them into my blog to drive more traffic here. But I really don’t think that many people are concerned about what I’m linking to; there are millions of others doing that just fine. One more makes no difference.

I’ll be closing both accounts, I have no need for them.

]]> By: Matthew Hill http://www.friskdesign.com/2008/04/12/magnolia-delicious-or-other/comment-page-1/#comment-272 Matthew Hill Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:10:41 +0000 http://www.friskdesign.com/blog/2008/04/12/magnolia-delicious-or-other/#comment-272 Hi Alex. It's all a jumble right now. I didn't get far with magnolia as it's bookmarklet is just too slow and frustrating. I've signed to delicious too and last night imported all my bookmarks and am now managing them using the delicious addon which is supposed to sync with the site. Not impressed yet: all my bookmarks were given a tag of 'imported' which is fine as it'll let me sort them out more easily, but they also got a tag of 'allfavourites' and try as I might, I can't delete that. The delete function on the website says it removed the tag, but it sure didn't! From a usability point of view, neither are really as flexible as I would like. I'll try them for a few more days and update here. Hi Alex. It’s all a jumble right now. I didn’t get far with magnolia as it’s bookmarklet is just too slow and frustrating. I’ve signed to delicious too and last night imported all my bookmarks and am now managing them using the delicious addon which is supposed to sync with the site.

Not impressed yet: all my bookmarks were given a tag of ‘imported’ which is fine as it’ll let me sort them out more easily, but they also got a tag of ‘allfavourites’ and try as I might, I can’t delete that. The delete function on the website says it removed the tag, but it sure didn’t!

From a usability point of view, neither are really as flexible as I would like. I’ll try them for a few more days and update here.

]]> By: Alex Farran http://www.friskdesign.com/2008/04/12/magnolia-delicious-or-other/comment-page-1/#comment-271 Alex Farran Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:40:38 +0000 http://www.friskdesign.com/blog/2008/04/12/magnolia-delicious-or-other/#comment-271 What's your username? I'd like to follow your bookmark feed. What’s your username? I’d like to follow your bookmark feed.

]]> By: Matthew Hill http://www.friskdesign.com/2008/04/12/magnolia-delicious-or-other/comment-page-1/#comment-240 Matthew Hill Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:32:51 +0000 http://www.friskdesign.com/blog/2008/04/12/magnolia-delicious-or-other/#comment-240 One of the attractions of magnolia was that I could register using OpenID; no chance of that on delicious as far as I can see. Plus magnolia is prettier.. :-) The magnolia bookmarklet for saving pages is quite slow to use and from what I can see, the delicious firefox plugin is quicker and easier to use. I guess I'll have to sign up there and try it out. Shame about the OpenID thing though. One of the attractions of magnolia was that I could register using OpenID; no chance of that on delicious as far as I can see. Plus magnolia is prettier.. :-)

The magnolia bookmarklet for saving pages is quite slow to use and from what I can see, the delicious firefox plugin is quicker and easier to use. I guess I’ll have to sign up there and try it out. Shame about the OpenID thing though.

]]> By: Alex Farran http://www.friskdesign.com/2008/04/12/magnolia-delicious-or-other/comment-page-1/#comment-237 Alex Farran Sat, 12 Apr 2008 09:19:26 +0000 http://www.friskdesign.com/blog/2008/04/12/magnolia-delicious-or-other/#comment-237 I use del.icio.us for social bookmarking. It hasn't entirely replaced traditional bookmarks yet, though with the firefox plugin it comes close. In the past I've used google bookmark sync to keep the same set of bookmarks at work and at home. If that's what you're after then I think its a better solution, and you get to keep your folders. I use del.icio.us for social bookmarking. It hasn’t entirely replaced traditional bookmarks yet, though with the firefox plugin it comes close.

In the past I’ve used google bookmark sync to keep the same set of bookmarks at work and at home. If that’s what you’re after then I think its a better solution, and you get to keep your folders.

]]>