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Delicious Bookmarks | Firefox 3 (Awesome Bar & Places) |
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| Tagging | Separate tags with spaces. Tags frequently used by the community are suggested. | Tags are separated by commas, so multiple word tags are easy. However, you're on your own because there are no suggestions. You can see a list of existing tags in a drop down menu. |
| Comments, Description | Additional descriptive text can be added when you bookmark a site. This field is contained within the dialog | No field for description in the bookmark dialog. But you can edit the description in the bookmark properties (right click on a bookmark). |
| Keywords | Keywords function as text shortcuts that can be input into the address bar, allowing lightning quick navigation to oft-visited site. Can be edited in a bookmark's properties. | Pretty much the same. If you have Delicious Bookmarks installed, a dialog box warns you of a possible conflict. |
| Privacy | Bookmark dialog box includes option "Do Not Share." If checked, your bookmark is saved on the Web, but it's not visible to your friends or in your feeds. | No such box because you can't share your bookmarks natively within Firefox. Everything is private by default. |
| Categories | Del.icio.us allows you to categorize your tags on the Web site. You can then browse these categories within the Delicious Bookmarks interface in Firefox. You cannot assign tags to categories from within the Delicious Bookmarks add-on. | The Bookmark Dialog box allows you assign bookmarks to folders you create. This isn't really necessary anymore, because searching and tagging make it easy to find stuff. But it is aesthetically pleasing. |
| Clicks-to-save | Two. First click (or ctrl-D) opens the dialog. Second click (or ENTER) to close and save. | One. Just click that star. You can double click the star if you want to add tags or assign a folder. In that case it takes three (3) clicks. The ctrl-D shortcut also opens the dialog box. |
| Toolbar | Dynamic view allows you to view your bookmarks by category, favorite tags, or individual bookmarks. Individual view shows either most recently added or most visited. | Customize your toolbar to include the bookmarks and folders you want to see. FF3 also uses "smart bookmarks" to remember your most visited and recently bookmarked pages, among others. You can also create your own smart bookmarks. |
| Sidebar | The Del.icio.us sidebar allows you to quickly search your bookmarks by tag or text sting. The sidebar is bifurcated (tag search on top, text search on bottom) It's instant and amazingly fast. You can edit and delete bookmarks in the sidebar. | The Firefox bookmarks sidebar also searches for both tags and text. But there's no bifurcation. It's fast, but somehow less elegant. Of course, the Awesome Bar searches for text, tags and sites you haven't even bookmarked. It's like Tivo for the net. |
| Synchronization | Syncs bookmarks across all computers that have the add-on intalled. Unfortunately, your most-visited data is not synchronized, so this will vary among your computers. | No synchronization. But you can add this feature through the esteemed Foxmarks add-on or give Mozilla's experimental Weave add-on a try. |
| Social components | Del.icio.us is a social bookmarking service. Your bookmarks and tags can be shared with the community, and you can publish your feeds to the Web using linkrolls or another social service (e.g., Facebook, Friendfeed, Tumblr). | Firefox isn't social. But other bookmarking addons (including Del.ici.ous, Yoono, or StumbleUpon)can simultaneously save bookmarks to Firefox. Arguably, sites like Diigo and StumbleUpon have superior social features. FF3s means you're not locked in. |
Very true. Firefox allows more Windows-like management of
bookmarks though :)
Great job!