When I am inside a list on Diigo, I'd like to know what other list(s) the bookmarks I'm looking at are already in. This is absolutely essential for me to organize a great number of bookmarks with any semblance of efficiency.
For example, I am trying to organize 800+ bookmarks I have accumulated in a browser and now imported to diigo. I am trying to tag these and sort them into many lists. Since I cannot edit them all very efficiently and do not know what lists I may ultimately want, I was going to put them into a "To sort" list first, and then go through, tag them, and then file them into lists. Then I would delete them from the "to-sort" list, but I would like to wait until I have organized them already. I can't do this very well if I can't see what lists I have already put them in...
If anyone can either make it possible for me to see this information, or give me advice on a process/algorithm to tag and sort my 800+ bookmarks.
I think I figured it out. I am going to tag all the new imported ones with a temporary tag (e.g. to-sort), then use the main library page and view everything that is either private or unread (probably unread since that's easiest and I know how--which is easy because I imported everything from my browser as private and unread to make it stick out). Then I will tag all the things that are in a certain category and then add to a list or multiple lists. Actually, I started writing this and never posted it. Now, after trying a few bookmarks and a few as a bulk group, I like the system. I still strongly believe that it is necessary for the lists to show what other lists the bookmarks are in, but the current system accomplishes the task.
For example, I am trying to organize 800+ bookmarks I have accumulated in a browser and now imported to diigo. I am trying to tag these and sort them into many lists. Since I cannot edit them all very efficiently and do not know what lists I may ultimately want, I was going to put them into a "To sort" list first, and then go through, tag them, and then file them into lists. Then I would delete them from the "to-sort" list, but I would like to wait until I have organized them already. I can't do this very well if I can't see what lists I have already put them in...
If anyone can either make it possible for me to see this information, or give me advice on a process/algorithm to tag and sort my 800+ bookmarks.
Thanks
> do not know what lists I may ultimately want
An interesting topic!
The main help page http://help.diigo.com/ does not mention 'list'.
New users probably imagine a Diigo list being a good utility for organisation and management. Not necessarily true.
FWIW I tend to use lists for presentation, not much else.
I see a hint in the main banner to focus on library, networks and groups:
but still, I think that inline help re: lists (without referring the user to a separate help area) could be useful.
> figured it out. I am going to tag
That's the smart approach.
Between Diigo 3.x and Diigo 4.0 beta, a mass of work went into making single- and multiple-word tags much, much more useful in:
* personal libraries (bookmarks)
* networks (bookmarks)
* groups (bookmarks + topics)
My favourite tag-related improvement is the NOT operator in groups, so for example
http://groups.diigo.com/group/Diigo_HQ/content/tag/bug%20NOT%20Diigolet%20NOT%20resolved
YMMV :) and I'm not a fan of tags, but they can be very effective in Diigo.
> inside a list … know what other list(s) the bookmarks I'm looking at are already in.
OK, that rings a bell. Is that suggestion in another topic that I worked on recently?
http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/https%3A%2F%2Fsites.google.com%2Fa%2Fdiigo.com%2Fdiigo-help%2Fhow-to-guide%2Flists?tab=comment&gname=Diigo_HQ presents highlights from outdated help for a previous version of Diigo. At the time, lists were described as "… a great way to organize …".