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Delibar 0.9: del.icio.us menu gains performance and custom list options

by David Chartier (RSS feed) on Jun 19th, 2007



It's been a while since we've mentioned Delibar, the del.icio.us client from Shiny Frog that gives you access to all your bookmarks from the menubar, but a recent v0.9 update brings some noteworthy new features and enhancements. While you could already sort your bookmarks into nested folders based on the tags you apply to each bookmark, this new version now allows you to chose a flat tag list to sort by (meaning: bookmarks are sorted into one folder by the first tag you apply to them). Check out the other goodies in this new version:
  • You can now set a global hotkey for popping up Delibar menu
  • Reloading bookmark no longer prevent you from using Delibar while loading
  • Delibar is a LOT faster
  • Holding down ? when looking at a bookmark will reveal its actual URL
  • Overall graphics improvement, more compact "actions" menu
Delibar is one of my favorite del.icio.us utilities and one of the apps that allowed me to stop bookmarking things in browsers altogether, which has the additional benefit of letting me use any browser I want without worrying about keeping anything in sync. Now that I can call Delibar with a hotkey and browse my del.icio.us bookmarks by typing a few keys in the Delibar list, I wish its developer offered a donation link.

Delibar is (apparently) freeware and available from Shiny Frog's website.

Tags: bookmarks, del.icio.us, delibar, delicious, shiny frog, ShinyFrog

Filed under: Software, Internet Tools

NetFixer - capture screenshots of entire websites

by David Chartier (RSS feed) on Dec 5th, 2006

NetFixer is a new webpage capturing utility from Shiny Frog software, the same crew that brought us the fantastic Delibar. In the same vein as Paparazzi and Yoink, NetFixer employs some unique features:
  • Very small and light app, only 240kb (Universal Binary)
  • Shot directly from your preferred browser with the awesome bookmarklet
  • Export the shots in various formats
  • The user can set the default size of the canvas
From my brief tinkering, NetFixer is pretty brain-dead easy to use, and it creates good looking screencaps (though I admittedly haven't had much of a reason to use any similar apps in the past). NetFixer is apparently free from Shiny Frog Software's site.

Tags: capture, delibar, netfixer, shiny frog, shiny frog software, ShinyFrog, ShinyFrogSoftware, utility, webpage

Filed under: Software, Productivity, Internet Tools

Delibar update fixes login problems

by David Chartier (RSS feed) on Aug 14th, 2006


I wish I had more to say about this update, like it doubles your Mac's performance or solves world hunger, but it mainly fixes login problems by updating to the new del.icio.us API. Delibar, for those scratching your heads, is what I consider the missing link of social bookmarking which actually makes your 'marks useful; it's a menubar item that provides access to all your del.icio.us bookmarks, even storing them in a folder hierarchy (the first tag is the main folder, second tag is a subfolder) and displaying tag bundles you create at the site. It's an indispensable utility in my arsenal, and if you've been having login issues like I have (Quicksilver's del.icio.us plugin can't seem to login anymore either), this 0.8.2 update should fix your issues.

Delibar is donationware and available from Whamoo.

Tags: bookmark, bookmarks, del.icio.us, delibar, delicious, menubar, utility

Filed under: Software, Internet Tools, Universal Binary

Delibar goes Universal

by David Chartier (RSS feed) on May 24th, 2006


Delibar, what I consider to be the missing link of social bookmarking, has been updated as a Universal Binary. No other major new features have been added, but this is a welcome update to my favorite tool for accessing del.icio.us bookmarks from the menubar.

Delibar is donationware and available from Matteo Rattotti's site.

Tags: binary, bookmarks, del.icio.us, Delibar, delicious, menubar, UB, universal

Filed under: Software, Cool tools, Internet Tools

Menulicious

by David Chartier (RSS feed) on May 21st, 2006


Menulicious is a utility like Delibar that allows you to access your del.icio.us bookmarks right from your menubar. One nice option of Menulicious is that it can display a bookmark count for each of your tags. An annoying quirk, however, is that your tags are listed under a "Tags >" menu; not directly under the utility itself.

Regardless, Menulicious is a Universal Binary, so it'll run a little faster on your Intel Mac. Menulicious is free and available either from Versiontracker or Kainjow's iPod-like website - surf to Software > Freebies > Menulicious.

Tags: bookmarks, del.icio.us, delibar, delicious, menu bar, menubar, menulicious, post, posts, tag, tags

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Delibar 0.8 update adds tag bundles, auto-reloading, more

by David Chartier (RSS feed) on Apr 12th, 2006


Delibar, my favorite little missing link for social bookmarking, has received a great update to version 0.8. In case you aren't familiar, I'll summarize my previous post: Delibar turns your del.icio.us bookmarks into a bookmark menu that's accessible from your menubar.  New features go a little something like this:
  • Improved Interface
  • Support for Bundles and recent Post
  • Auto detection of system proxy
  • Auto reload Bookmarks
  • Tag sorting (alphabetically or by frequency)
  • Tag scraping (show only tag with more than 1/2/5 post)
  • New icon and overall better user interface
Delibar is donationware and available for 10.4 (v 0.8) and 10.3 (v 0.5.1), though I believe the version for Tiger is the only one being updated from now on. You can pick up a copy of either from Matteo Rattotti's site.

Tags: app, bookmarks, del.icio.us, Delibar, delicious, DLS, extra, marks, menubar, utility

Filed under: Software, Cool tools, Internet Tools

Delibar - the missing link of social bookmarking?

by David Chartier (RSS feed) on Feb 25th, 2006


I love the concept of social bookmarking sites like del.icio.us and Shadows. When we found Safarilicious I immediately used it to upload all 1050 of my bookmarks to del.icio.us, and I use it to help organize bookmarks for all sorts of projects I'm working on with friends.

My one complaint about these services is that, aside from Flock "getting it" and actually building support for del.icio.us (and Shadows) right into their browser, social bookmarking feels very one-way in its interactivity: there hasn't been any way to access them as easily as your favorite browser's bookmarks menu (and no, Cocoalicious doesn't quite get there). Further, the problem is compounded if you're like me and you either want or have to work in more than one browser.

Fortunately, I just found the utility that solves these problems and brings all your socializing bookmarks back home to your desktop: Delibar. Fitting into the "do one thing, and do it well" category that we at TUAW love so much, Delibar (as you can see) is a free menubar app that serves as a "universal bookmarks menu" for all your del.icio.us bookmarks, sorted into folders by the tags you've assigned. This, my friends, is exactly what I've been looking for.

To the del.icio.us crew, if you're listening: you need to help this guy out in one way or another. If I may be so bold: you guys should have offered something like this the day that you flipped the switch on your services. To the developer of Delibar: thank you! Finally, to you TUAW readers: I highly recommend you check out this most useful of utilities, and I urge you to donate if you wind up finding it even half as useful as I have.

Tags: del.icio.us, Delibar, delicious, folders, menubar, social bookmarking, SocialBookmarking, tags, utility

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