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started by Paul Ryan on 22 Feb 08 3 follow-ups, last by Graham Perrin on 27 Jul 10

#1 Paul Ryan on 22 Feb 08

Hi there,

I've only just discovered diigo after spending years using a hybrid of:
Furl - for the cache, full-text search
del.icio.us - better functionality than furl, but no cache and a bit illogical at times
Digg - social, quirly stories, tech
Publish2 - a new bookmarking service for journalists (private beta atm)
Google Bookmarks - conveniently in toolbar
Google Notebook - for organising clippings and research for work (I edit a magazine, so I need to co-ordinate sections within sections within sections from web and email info).

You can see that managing online info is complicated to say the least. After just a day of using diigo, it looks like all my problems are solved.

I'm so impressed that I'm pretty close to ditching all of the above services in favour of diigo, but there is one function that diigo needs to add before I can dump Google Notebook and use it for professional workflow as well.

I think "My Lists" is a great idea, as is being able to create sections within each list. But I really need to create sections within sections (within sections, etc.)

Example: The are about 20 sections in each issue of our mag. Within each section, there is probably at least 10 sub sections (different stories, background research on people within each story, multimedia, website-related content, the trail of email admin for all of this, and so on).

I really need to be able to create as many folders/sections inside folders/sections as I need. And to be able to collapse/expand these as required and even move the order around, so I can go straight to the exact section I'm working on. Google Notebook does this, but it is quite rudimentary in terms of layout.

I'd love to see this feature added to Diigo. It's so close to perfect already. :-)

Cheers.

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#3 Paul Ryan on 22 Feb 08

Hi Maggie,

Thanks for getting back to me.

Links to other lists inside lists isn't that helpful. I'll end up with complete chaos in my link section and having to negotiate a real web of links to access relevant information.

If you haven't already, I urge you to look at the way Google Notebook works, in terms of being able to organise sections within sections and being able to expand or collapse them as required. Essentially, it's the way Windows folders work (tree hierarchy structure). I realise this is somewhat conventional in terms of "cloud" computing, but it is the most effective way to organise digital information into projects and sub-projects (and sub-sub-projects). Then you can always cross-search and associate via tags, etc.

Anyway, I'd love to see this function added. It looks like you already have the pieces in place, as you have expand and collapse options in the bookmarks section.

Forgive my newbieness but I didn't know a new release was near. When is it due for release?

PS - I discovered diigo on a few forums. I went googling for alternatives to furl and del.icio.us - looking for a bookmarking service that is both user-friendly and cache saving and full-text search. Can't believe you guys have been around for a couple of years and I had no idea.

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#5 Paul Ryan on 22 Feb 08

Thanks Wade.

Definitely keen to see this feature introduced, but I'm sure you have lots on your plate. I'll keep using Google Notebook for work info till then.

Can't wait to see the new release. Soon as in a couple of weeks? Or soon as in a few months? ;-)

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#6 Paul Ryan on 03 Jul 08

Hi Wade/Maggie,

Just wondering whether any progress has been made on this feature.

Cheers,

Paul

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