Del.icio.us Bookmarks Extension For FireFox
By Gerard McGarry on 11th April 2007, filed in Social Networking. You can leave a response below. Tags: del.icio.us, Social Bookmarking, Tips
I’m an avid user of various social bookmarking services, and I mostly use del.icio.us for my everyday bookmarking requirements. I also use ma.gnolia for bookmarking because it provides a far better social experience than del.icio.us.
Anyway, for the past couple of months, I’ve been using the del.icio.us Bookmarks extension for FireFox. It’s an add-on that completely replaces the FireFox bookmarks system with your del.icio.us bookmarks, creating seamless integration between del.icio.us and FireFox.
Previous plugins have allowed you to easily bookmark and capture new pages. The Bookmarks extension allows you to quickly and easily search your bookmarks without having to visit the del.icio.us website.
The del.icio.us toolbar
The del.icio.us toolbar is a useful addition. You can use it to show recently bookmarked items, but you can also use it to display collections of bookmarks by tag or by bundle. This can be really useful as a toolkit of frequently used websites.
Sidebar Functionality
You can view your bookmarks in a sidebar. Even better, you can edit any bookmark by right-clicking on it and choosing properties. By right-clicking on a tag name, you have the option to open all the bookmarks under that tag in multiple FireFox tabs.
Extended Properties
Because of the deeper integration with FireFox, you can also assign keyword shortcuts for particular pages. For example, give the Gmail homepage a shortcut name of gmail and from now on, simply type gmail into the location bar and press return. The shortcut gmail gets automatically translated into https://mail.google.com/.
I’ve written about FireFox shortcuts in the past – check out this short tutorial.
