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Delicious Monster releases plugin for Backup 3
Delicious Monster has released a free plugin for Backup 3's new 'QuickPicks' feature which allows you to add your Delicious Library to any backup operation, including new automated and incremental processes. They've listed simple install and setup instructions on their site to get the ball rolling, so go get started and enjoy.On an editorial note: this is really, really slick on more levels than just Delicious. This is the kind of 3rd party added value to both their applications and .Mac that I was talking about earlier this month. When I played around with Backup 3 I didn't realize the QuickPicks feature was plugin-able, so I hope the word gets around to those who can do something with it. So many doors have just been opened for developers to integrate yet more sweet .Mac integration. I'd like to make a personal call (chime in if you'd like) to developers: Apple's taken a step and offered a lot more value for the .Mac dollar - now it's your turn!
[via MacMinute]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Rich Robinson said 3:18PM on 9-20-2005
Ace - nice move by the peeps at Delicious Library. Good to see them adding value to their product.
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LD said 5:28PM on 9-20-2005
I'm not sure this really adds all that much value though. What percentage of their customers are also .Mac customers? It's a nice feature, but I'd like to see them put their efforts into things more customers could use. For example, direct importing from other media catalog programs (rather than simple text file imports). The ability to export to HTML without relying on a third party app. Stability. Lower memory usage. Probably about a dozen other things too. .Mac integration is the least of my wants for Library. I don't imagine a very large percentage of their users care either. I could be wrong and I'd love to see some real numbers on it.
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Rich Robinson said 6:12PM on 9-20-2005
You make valid points - the one I've noticed the most is the memory usage - DL is quite a fat app. As for the number of .mac users - hard to tell. I could imagine it being a healthy figure, but I doubt we'll see any numbers. I agree with them putting focus on sorting out the issues you've mentioned, but I can't imagine it took them long to rustle this extra up. And I likes my extras :p
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Drew Hamlin said 10:06AM on 9-21-2005
Hey LD and Rich, this is Drew from Delicious Monster. First a big shout of thanks to TUAW and David C for an awesome article. We've had a tremendous response to this little experiment so I'm really excited that more people than ever are starting to back up their data. I've had a bunch of people contact me today to say they've been meaning to get their act together and I finally pushed them over the top with the great plugin. It's really great to hear. And don't worry about our time usage at DM. Rest assured, we are working HARD on the next version and it's going to be nothing short of awesome. We're listening to all the feedback and doing our best to take something great and fill in the gaps around the edges. As far as this backup plugin went, it took me maybe 5 minutes to put together and I did so early this morning. If anything, it took away from my sleep hours, not time we'd be spending working on version 2. :) It wasn't a culminating project we invested tons of effort into at all, rather a side-experiment that has gone over better than I could have possibly imagined. Thanks for the kind words and keep the wonderful feedback coming!
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LD said 12:38PM on 9-21-2005
Quick question, when v2.0 is released, what will be the upgrade policy for current users of Library?
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