Keywords vs. Tags, do you have a way? - 83 views

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  #1 Magnolia South on 09 Nov 08

   

  Delicious and Foxmarks allows users to enter both keywords AND tags. There is a difference between the two. Keywords allow users to type a set keyword into the address bar and then the browser takes the user to that site.
  
  For example, If I wanted to quickly get to Diigo, I could assign "d" (without the quotes) as the Diggo keyword. I then enter "d" in the address bar and I'm automatically taken to the Diigo website. There is no typing out tags nor are there shortcuts required.
  
  Can we do this in Diigo? While it's not 100% important, I'd say it's 95%. This would mean that I need to keep two bookmarking apps installed because I use keywords daily.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Delicious and Foxmarks allows users to enter both keywords AND tags. There is a difference between the two. Keywords allow users to type a set keyword into the address bar and then the browser takes the user to that site. <br /> <br /> For example, If I wanted to quickly get to Diigo, I could assign "d" (without the quotes) as the Diggo keyword. I then enter "d" in the address bar and I'm automatically taken to the Diigo website. There is no typing out tags nor are there shortcuts required. <br /> <br /> Can we do this in Diigo? While it's not 100% important, I'd say it's 95%. This would mean that I need to keep two bookmarking apps installed because I use keywords daily.</div>

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  #2 Joel Liu on 09 Nov 08

   

  Hi,
  Could you show me how to add keyword(not tag) in delicious? I can't get this feature.
  
  Thanks.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Hi, <br /> Could you show me how to add keyword(not tag) in delicious? I can't get this feature. <br /> <br /> Thanks.</div>

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  #3 Graham Perrin on 09 Nov 08

   

  > enter "d" in the address bar and I'm automatically taken to the Diigo website.
  
  I can't easily visualise this … do you mean that a text entry in the address bar of your browser is somehow intercepted by a complementary application (del.icio.us or Foxmarks or Diigo or Diigolet or whatever) and replaced, macro-like, with alternative text?
  
  I imagine that such a feature within Diigo might conflict, for some users, with products that have similar functionality. Here for example I use TextExpander and Saft
  
  
  
  
  - both of which are worth every penny.
  
  However: neither TextExpander nor Saft are as portable as Diigo.
  
  Postscript: my message crossed paths with Joel's :)

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">> enter "d" in the address bar and I'm automatically taken to the Diigo website. <br /> <br /> I can't easily visualise this … do you mean that a text entry in the address bar of your browser is somehow intercepted by a complementary application (del.icio.us or Foxmarks or Diigo or Diigolet or whatever) and replaced, macro-like, with alternative text? <br /> <br /> I imagine that such a feature within Diigo might conflict, for some users, with products that have similar functionality. Here for example I use <a href="http://smileonmymac.com/TextExpander/" rel="nofollow">TextExpander</a> and <a href="http://www.diigo.com/annotated/925407c42bc028df10a1b15ae46f6318" rel="nofollow">Saft</a> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://imageshack.us" rel="nofollow"><img border="0" src="http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/9351/ashortcutfordiigoinsaftxy7.png" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us" /></a> <br /> <br /> <br /> - both of which are worth every penny. <br /> <br /> However: neither TextExpander nor Saft are as portable as Diigo. <br /> <br /> Postscript: my message crossed paths with Joel's :)</div>

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  #5 Magnolia South on 09 Nov 08

   

  Graham Perrin wrote:
  > > enter "d" in the address bar and I'm automatically taken to the Diigo website.
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  > I can't easily visualise this … do you mean that a text entry in the address bar of your browser is somehow intercepted by a complementary application (del.icio.us or Foxmarks or Diigo or Diigolet or whatever) and replaced, macro-like, with alternative text?
  
  Yes, but I should add that I am using Firefox. I cannot verify other browsers.
  
  > I imagine that such a feature within Diigo might conflict, for some users, with products that have similar functionality. Here for example I use TextExpander and Saft
  
  Perhaps, but these are features that for quite sometime have been offered by both Foxmarks AND Delicious (I believe Firefox also allows it without any bookmarking extensions installed) without much incident that I'm aware of . The thing is, a user isn't required to use it, but it's a fantastic feature.
  
  In truth, as is well known to most Firefox users, conflicts between extensions can and do happen. The best fix to this is to warn the user and move on.
  
  Just my thought on that.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Graham Perrin wrote: <br /> > > enter "d" in the address bar and I'm automatically taken to the Diigo website. <br /> > <br /> > I can't easily visualise this … do you mean that a text entry in the address bar of your browser is somehow intercepted by a complementary application (del.icio.us or Foxmarks or Diigo or Diigolet or whatever) and replaced, macro-like, with alternative text? <br /> <br /> Yes, but I should add that I am using Firefox. I cannot verify other browsers. <br /> <br /> > I imagine that such a feature within Diigo might conflict, for some users, with products that have similar functionality. Here for example I use <a href="http://smileonmymac.com/TextExpander/" rel="nofollow">TextExpander</a> and <a href="http://www.diigo.com/annotated/925407c42bc028df10a1b15ae46f6318" rel="nofollow">Saft</a> <br /> <br /> Perhaps, but these are features that for quite sometime have been offered by both Foxmarks AND Delicious (I believe Firefox also allows it without any bookmarking extensions installed) without much incident that I'm aware of . The thing is, a user isn't required to use it, but it's a fantastic feature. <br /> <br /> In truth, as is well known to most Firefox users, conflicts between extensions can and do happen. The best fix to this is to warn the user and move on. <br /> <br /> Just my thought on that.</div>

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  #6 Joel Liu on 10 Nov 08

   

  Thanks. We will study these features and see how we can incorporate it.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Thanks. We will study these features and see how we can incorporate it.</div>

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