Some miscellaneous suggestions from a Delicious convert - 92 views

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  #1 Jeremy Luce on 12 Nov 08

   

  I'm in the process of switching over from Delicious to Diigo. I'm a pretty heavy user and my usage could be categorized as casual to research and everything in between. The highlighting and sticky notes for research were the selling points for me, but there are a couple things in Delicious that are probably more geared toward the casual user that I would love to see in Diigo.
  
  1) A Delete button in the Bookmark dialog. I delete quite a few bookmarks during the course of a day and being able to quickly bring up the dialog using the keyboard shortcut and click the Delete button is very convenient.
  
  2) The ability to right-click bookmarks from a filter dropdown and delete or view properties from the context menu. Another big timesaver.
  
  2a) An "and/or" option for filters when using tags. I'd like to be able to specify a series of tags and view bookmarks with *any* of the specified tags rather than only bookmarks with *all* of the specified tags.
  
  2b) The ability to name a filter. If you have a series of tags it just displays the first tag (and sometimes part of the second). It would nice to have a series of related tags (i.e. news, blogs, stocks, etc.) and then name the filter accordingly (i.e. "Daily Reading").
  
  3) I understand that a previous version of Diigo had a "Read It Later" function that automatically deleted the bookmark when it was clicked. This is something I always wished Delicious had and I'd love to see this come back in some form Diigo. The current Unread filter is not ideal because most of the time I save something to read later I have no desire to save it permanently. Each item to save to read later I have to manually delete after reading. I would much rather that Diigo assumed I did *not* want to save the bookmark and let me take action to save it permanently if I so desire, rather than assuming I *do* want to save it and forcing me to manually delete each item.
  
  Thanks for a great product!

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I'm in the process of switching over from Delicious to Diigo. I'm a pretty heavy user and my usage could be categorized as casual to research and everything in between. The highlighting and sticky notes for research were the selling points for me, but there are a couple things in Delicious that are probably more geared toward the casual user that I would love to see in Diigo. <br /> <br /> 1) A Delete button in the Bookmark dialog. I delete quite a few bookmarks during the course of a day and being able to quickly bring up the dialog using the keyboard shortcut and click the Delete button is very convenient. <br /> <br /> 2) The ability to right-click bookmarks from a filter dropdown and delete or view properties from the context menu. Another big timesaver. <br /> <br /> 2a) An "and/or" option for filters when using tags. I'd like to be able to specify a series of tags and view bookmarks with *any* of the specified tags rather than only bookmarks with *all* of the specified tags. <br /> <br /> 2b) The ability to name a filter. If you have a series of tags it just displays the first tag (and sometimes part of the second). It would nice to have a series of related tags (i.e. news, blogs, stocks, etc.) and then name the filter accordingly (i.e. "Daily Reading"). <br /> <br /> 3) I understand that a previous version of Diigo had a "Read It Later" function that automatically deleted the bookmark when it was clicked. This is something I always wished Delicious had and I'd love to see this come back in some form Diigo. The current Unread filter is not ideal because most of the time I save something to read later I have no desire to save it permanently. Each item to save to read later I have to manually delete after reading. I would much rather that Diigo assumed I did *not* want to save the bookmark and let me take action to save it permanently if I so desire, rather than assuming I *do* want to save it and forcing me to manually delete each item. <br /> <br /> Thanks for a great product!</div>

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  #2 Graham Perrin on 12 Nov 08

   

  Jeremy Luce wrote:
  
  > … I save something to read later I have no desire to save it
  > permanently. Each item to save to read later I have to manually
  > delete after reading. I would much rather that Diigo assumed I
  > did *not* want to save the bookmark and let me take action to
  > save it permanently if I so desire
  
  
  
  I would certainly appreciate the feature suggested by Jeremy - as an additional option (within Diigo web, toolbar or Diigolet, or all three) - but my preference to set that option would be rare.
  
  (I prefer to keep the majority of bookmarks.)
  
  The suggestion does fit *very* neatly with a thought I'm forming concerning the ephemeral nature of some bookmarks. This will be a separate thread. (If I slip into Plone CMS mode, the expression "expiry" comes to mind but in Diigo contexts, some broader thought is required.)
  
  Regards
  Graham

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Jeremy Luce wrote: <br /> <br /> > … I save something to read later I have no desire to save it <br /> > permanently. Each item to save to read later I have to manually <br /> > delete after reading. I would much rather that Diigo assumed I <br /> > did *not* want to save the bookmark and let me take action to <br /> > save it permanently if I so desire <br /> <br /> <a href="http://imageshack.us" rel="nofollow"><img border="0" src="http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/5935/diigo3165unreadmenumo1.png" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us" /></a> <br /> <br /> I would certainly appreciate the feature suggested by Jeremy - as an additional option (within Diigo web, toolbar or Diigolet, or all three) - but my preference to set that option would be rare. <br /> <br /> (I prefer to keep the majority of bookmarks.) <br /> <br /> The suggestion does fit *very* neatly with a thought I'm forming concerning the ephemeral nature of some bookmarks. This will be a separate thread. (If I slip into Plone CMS mode, the expression "expiry" comes to mind but in Diigo contexts, some broader thought is required.) <br /> <br /> Regards <br /> Graham</div>

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  #3 Jeremy Luce on 12 Nov 08

   

  I definitely think this would be best as an option since it's usefulness very much depends on the habits of a given user. In fact, I would probably change the option myself depending on what I'm doing at the time.
  
  For instance, if I'm researching a topic I would probably set it to keep any pages I bookmark to read later since there's a good chance I'll end up wanting to save the page permanently. However, in my day-to-day browsing I find myself saving a lot of pages at work (like news articles, youtube videos, etc.) that I want to read when I get home, but have no intention of saving permanently. In that case I would set the option to delete the bookmark as soon as I load the page.
  
  
  Graham Perrin wrote:
  > I would certainly appreciate the feature suggested by Jeremy - as an additional option (within Diigo web, toolbar or Diigolet, or all three) - but my preference to set that option would be rare.
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  > (I prefer to keep the majority of bookmarks.)
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  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I definitely think this would be best as an option since it's usefulness very much depends on the habits of a given user. In fact, I would probably change the option myself depending on what I'm doing at the time. <br /> <br /> For instance, if I'm researching a topic I would probably set it to keep any pages I bookmark to read later since there's a good chance I'll end up wanting to save the page permanently. However, in my day-to-day browsing I find myself saving a lot of pages at work (like news articles, youtube videos, etc.) that I want to read when I get home, but have no intention of saving permanently. In that case I would set the option to delete the bookmark as soon as I load the page. <br /> <br /> <br /> Graham Perrin wrote: <br /> > I would certainly appreciate the feature suggested by Jeremy - as an additional option (within Diigo web, toolbar or Diigolet, or all three) - but my preference to set that option would be rare. <br /> > <br /> > (I prefer to keep the majority of bookmarks.) <br /> ></div>

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  #4 Joel Liu on 16 Nov 08

   

  Thanks! I am collecting suggestions and will release a bunch of improvement in the following weeks.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Thanks! I am collecting suggestions and will release a bunch of improvement in the following weeks.</div>

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