Chanpory Rith
Dec 1, 2006
I love del.icio.us as much as the next tech geek. But I admit, having to visit a website to access bookmarks is annoying. Here are some alternatives:
Del.icio.us via traditional menus
Call me old-school, but menus are still way more convenient than trudging onto a website to find a favorite link. To marry the old and the new, meet Delibar for the Mac and it’s Window’s cousin, Deliwin.
Delibar and Deliwin both install a del.icio.us icon in either the Mac menubar or Windows start bar. To find a bookmark, just click the icon, navigate through tags, and select your bookmark. With keyboard shortcuts to the menu, it’s available anywhere anytime.
Downloads:
Delibar (Mac)
Deliwin (PC)
Del.icio.us via Quicksilver
If menus are too antiquated for you, try something more avant-garde with cult favorite, Quicksilver (Mac only). With the “Social Bookmarks” plugin, your bookmarks and tags are just a few keystrokes away. Here’s how to set it up:
1. In Quicksilver preferences under Plug-ins, select and install the “Social Bookmarks” plugin.
2. Under Catalog, click the Plus icon at the bottom of the window and select “Social Bookmarks”.
3. In the Sources section, choose “Social Bookmarks”, and hit the Info icon on the lower-right of the window. In the Info drawer, fill in your del.icio.us name and password.
4. Click the Rescan Sources icon on the lower-right of the window. Close preferences.
5. To access a single bookmark or to browse tags, call up the Quicksilver menu and type a few letters of the bookmark or tag name.
Download:
Quicksilver (Mac)
9 Comments
nessahead
10:57 am
Should have check my RSS reader this morning instead of figuring the QS method out myself ;)
I could never could get myself motivated enough to use those del.icio.us bookmarklets. Yesterday, I found Flock and am finally using my del.icio.us account. Haven’t tried the Flickr/Blogging/RSS features yet, though.
Josh P
11:08 am
This is a pretty sick plugin for QS…but it seems when you’re retrieving tags from del.icio.us it doesn’t take you to the page of the tag…it just bring up the QS catalog screen. Or am I missing something?
nessahead
11:31 am
Arrow to the right on a tag and it will show you all of the bookmarks within.
BrianC
1:54 pm
I enjoy using Webnote Happy (http://happyapps.com) and having it “Share via del.icio.us”. It can create new bookmarks and also sync with your existing ones and provides a super fast search.
Jon Henshaw
9:26 pm
I’ve been looking for Delibar all of my (net) life. Thanks!
Trevor Pierce
7:27 am
I’ve been trying this tutorial several times, and each time the catalog remains empty — no tags are being imported. Is anyone else having this problem with del.icio.us or mag.nolia?
Zack Hobson
12:52 pm
@Trevor Pierce
I’m having the same problem. Perhaps the plugin is using a deprecated API to retrieve the bookmarks?
Matt Moran
10:15 am
How do you get the social bookmarks icon to show the Del.icio.us icon instead of the default yellow star in a blue circle?
Rene Valois
10:50 am
I’ve been doing this for quite awhile, and I can successfully import my del.icio.us bookmarks, but each time I restart Quicksilver, they’re all gone. Anyone else have this issue?