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Social bookmarking sites
nontroppo:
Though I haven't tried it, onlywire have a unified bookmarklet for multiple social bookmarking accounts:
http://www.onlywire.com/
allen:
Don't support my favorite, though :(
Not a big fan of this:
[blockquote]You also agree to automatically have OnlyWire bookmark this site and our current Sponsor site http://www.centraldesktop.com with the bookmarking services you subscribe to.[/blockquote]
I do like the idea of it, however. There's a highly configurable firefox extension that does this-- http://www.kenschutte.com/firefoxext/
allen:
ma.gnolia.com is pretty, nice elegant aesthetic but is new and seems rather limited in features. Its emphasis appears to be on social bookmarks/sharing.
-allen (March 01, 2006, 09:02 AM)
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Some time later now, I feel obligated to re-comment on ma.gnolia, which has become my primary bookmark repository. It has very quickly (and enthusiastically) become very convenient/usable. Bookmark and tag management is great and the social aspects are implemented really smartly. Plus, it looks great. :)
superticker:
... to re-comment on ma.gnolia,... It has ... become very convenient/usable. Bookmark and tag management is great and the social aspects are implemented really smartly. Plus, it looks great. :)-allen (September 08, 2006, 08:26 PM)
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Does ma.gnolia have an API so third-party tools can be developed for it?
The reason so many nice third-party tools have been released for spurl and del.icio.us is because programming APIs exist for them. In contrast, a service like blinklist (which has a smartly designed AJAX interface) is closed shop at the moment because there is no established API for it.
Another issue is whether the bookmarking info can be cached locally to improve search and response times. Do any of these services feature this?
allen:
Yes, ma.gnolia does have an api -- your api token is easily accessible via your profile. Furthermore, they're in the process of further expanding it to support del.icio.us' api, since so many applications use it -- which would make it possible to access ma.gnolia without rolling a new api kit. Handy for already made applications that use the del.icio.us api, but using the ma.gnolia native api would give you access to more advanced, proprietary ma.gnolia features.
One feature I have yet to mention -- and the feature that caused me to give ma.gnolia a second look -- is the unique name it assigns to each and every bookmark. Essentially, it's an automatically generated tinyurl ala tinyurl.com.
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