Update #2: Ok – diigo just released a new FF toolbar update, so all worked as billed. In one click, link was properly tagged on personal diigo account, EdTechTalk group on diigo and into del.icio.us folder (with proper tag). Cool!
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Update: So far, none of the links that I tagged in the last day using the FF toolbar feature have made it into a) my diigo account, b) the EdTechTalk diigo group or c) the route to my del.icio.us folder. Ahhhh … that's a problem. As noted below, diigo is loaded with features … too bad the main one (getting your tagged links to show up) is a bust. Back to del.icio.us … for now …
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Diigo (Social Annotation: Seamless Integration of Social Bookmarking, Web Highlighter, Sticky-Note & Clipping) is the next generation in social bookmarking. In the past 2 years, I have moved from Furl to del.icio.us and now to Diggo. Here is why:
- Group Functionality: Del.icio.us offered some degree of group (or network) support for our EdTechWeekly group. We set up networks that didn't really serve much purpose, except to allow members to see ALL of the bookmarks saved by members (but not in a tag cloud – just as one long run on list). Diggo offers is the ability for group members to select which bookmarks to share (so we don't all have to see when Jen is searching for a new toilet). Also, I hated that del.icio.us "links for you" had to be moderated before the whole group could see them and that the original posters comments and tags were lost when I clicked "save this". This was a super bummer for the del.icio.us angel who had to move each contributed link into the publicly veiewable edtechtalk folder.
- Tagging: The tagging in Diigo is easier and more comprehensive with the group comments and annotation features (see below). Like all the other major bookmarking sites, there is a very slick browser toolbar to speed the process.
- Easy Import: Diigo offers 2 click imports (and exports) of all of your previously bookmarks (with tags and comments) from the major social bookmarking sites.
- Annotation: Diigo's top feature is web page annotations (highlighting and sticky notes) that takes comments and tagging to a whole new level.
- Blog It: The Diigo toolbar also includes a quick "blog" it feature (that I am using now) that supports one click set up for all of the major blogging platforms, including Drupal (yeah), WP, Blogger, Typepad, etc.
We'll be testing out Diigo in the coming weeks for EdTechWeekly, so more updates to come on this review. Please feel free to join the EdTechTalk group on Diggo – see http://groups.diigo.com/groups/edtechtalk