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bookmark feature

started by Jeremy Gollehon on 11 Apr 07
  • Jeremy Gollehon
    #1 Jeremy Gollehon on 11 Apr 07
     
    I love that diigo adds bookmarks to my Windows favorites. It's especially useful because favorites will show up when using Windows Desktop Search (WDS), called Instant Search in Vista, or any other desktop search program.

    I have a few requests that would make it possibly work a little better. I'm using IE7 by the way.

    1) It would be great to identify the Diigo-Bookmarks base folder. Some users may want to dump their Diigo bookmarks directly into their Favorites folder, or may simply want to change the name of the Diigo-Bookmarks folder.

    2) Allow the user to define where QuickD favorites get put. I have a temp folder in Favorites\Links that I use for QuickD type favorites now. Because it's in the Links folder it shows up on the IE7 Links toolbar for quick access. It would be useful if I could get QuickD favs to show up in my Temp folder as well.

    3) A way to put only one favorite in the folder structure, regardless of the number of tags, would be great. See next suggestion for ideas.

    4) Provide the option to have the Diigo toolbar attempt to delete local bookmarks that have been deleted by the user on the Diigo website. With this option, Diigo could use the current settings to look for a deleted bookmark in the local folder structure. If it's there, delete it. If not (moved by user or something) then do nothing.

    Long one without a number because it's long and has multiple parts)
    When adding my own bookmarks to Windows I've generally put them in a folder structure and then renamed the title with a [Tags] keyword. For example the search engine "btjunkie" would live in the folder Favorites\Search\Torrents and have the title "btjunkie.com [Tags] bittorent, search engine". This makes it easy to find favorites whether I'm using WDS or simply navigating the Favorites folder structure. It would be great for Diigo to give more control to the user when 'Local "Bookmarks" folder of your browser" is selected.

    Right now Diigo adds a bookmark for every tag. This seems like overkill in a folder structure (and creates multiple results when using WDS). Maybe there could be an option to only add the bookmark to a folder for the first tag used for a given bookmark.

    I propose seperating the adding of local bookmarks into it's own section of the Options dialog and calling the other section "Add to Other Bookmarking Sites".

    With all this long winded feedback, here's a quick mockup of how the Local Bookmark options might look.
    http://snipurl.com/LocalBookmarkOpts

    And here's how an updated Diigo 'Add Bookmark' dialog might look with notes on how it might act.
    http://snipurl.com/DiigoDialog

    I've been waiting a long time for a company to come along that I feel might actually be able to accomplish something like this. After seeing so much user feedback go into the product, maybe Diigo is the one!

    Thanks,
    Jeremy
  • Maggie Tsai
    #2 Maggie Tsai on 11 Apr 07
     
    See comment below.

    gollyjer wrote:
    > I love that diigo adds bookmarks to my Windows favorites. It's especially useful because favorites will show up when using Windows Desktop Search (WDS), called Instant Search in Vista, or any other desktop search program.

    Great.


    > I have a few requests that would make it possibly work a little better. I'm using IE7 by the way.
    >
    > 1) It would be great to identify the Diigo-Bookmarks base folder. Some users may want to dump their Diigo bookmarks directly into their Favorites folder, or may simply want to change the name of the Diigo-Bookmarks folder.


    An additional new way of structuring your data is under development now. Stay tuned :-)


    > 2) Allow the user to define where QuickD favorites get put. I have a temp folder in Favorites\Links that I use for QuickD type favorites now. Because it's in the Links folder it shows up on the IE7 Links toolbar for quick access. It would be useful if I could get QuickD favs to show up in my Temp folder as well.

    hm, interesting. This may require some extra work, though certainly doable.
    Wonder how much demand is this feature - ie. anything is possible, but we need to be very selective about our development priority to develop something that most users will use, and not just nice-to-have for few users.


    > 3) A way to put only one favorite in the folder structure, regardless of the number of tags, would be great. See next suggestion for ideas.
    >
    > 4) Provide the option to have the Diigo toolbar attempt to delete local bookmarks that have been deleted by the user on the Diigo website. With this option, Diigo could use the current settings to look for a deleted bookmark in the local folder structure. If it's there, delete it. If not (moved by user or something) then do nothing.
    >
    > Long one without a number because it's long and has multiple parts)
    > When adding my own bookmarks to Windows I've generally put them in a folder structure and then renamed the title with a [Tags] keyword. For example the search engine "btjunkie" would live in the folder Favorites\Search\Torrents and have the title "btjunkie.com [Tags] bittorent, search engine". This makes it easy to find favorites whether I'm using WDS or simply navigating the Favorites folder structure. It would be great for Diigo to give more control to the user when 'Local "Bookmarks" folder of your browser" is selected.
    >
    > Right now Diigo adds a bookmark for every tag. This seems like overkill in a folder structure (and creates multiple results when using WDS). Maybe there could be an option to only add the bookmark to a folder for the first tag used for a given bookmark.
    >
    > I propose seperating the adding of local bookmarks into it's own section of the Options dialog and calling the other section "Add to Other Bookmarking Sites".
    >
    > With all this long winded feedback, here's a quick mockup of how the Local Bookmark options might look.
    > http://snipurl.com/LocalBookmarkOpts


    Hey, nice. Like your mock-up. Will discuss here, although again, this is not likely to be a super high priority for now, but definitely a good one.


    > And here's how an updated Diigo 'Add Bookmark' dialog might look with notes on how it might act.
    > http://snipurl.com/DiigoDialog

    Another good UI mock-up. Thanks.

    >
    > I've been waiting a long time for a company to come along that I feel might actually be able to accomplish something like this. After seeing so much user feedback go into the product, maybe Diigo is the one!

    Jeremy, you definitely seem like an expert user. Glad to have you on board.
    Welcome to the Diigo community!
  • Jeremy Gollehon
    #3 Jeremy Gollehon on 12 Apr 07
     
    I'm happy to be on board and glad you liked some of the ideas. As the lead of a software development team I fully understand priorities. It's obvious Diigo's primary focus is Social Annotation (with the new Groups and Sticky Note features being huge additions). I just happen to think it's the best bookmarking service on the web as well. :-)

    Can't wait to see what you guys come up with next!
  • Maggie Tsai
    #4 Maggie Tsai on 12 Apr 07
     
    Glad that you feel that way. We think so, too, and will be the absolute best :-) Please kindly assist us spreading the words. As more people participate, the more we all benefit from collective wisdom from our community members.

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