Blinklist
posted by Tyrantmizar at 1:08 pm EST on November 12, 2005Edit: to read more about Blinklist, see More BlinkList
and BlinkList is Lacking in Search
I’ve decided, to Mike’s request, to review Blinklist.
The Good
Blinklist is a social tagging and bookmarking site. Being a social tagging and bookmarking site no longer is unique and cutting edge, as there are tons of social bookmarking sites these days. Simply swing by TechCrunch or eHub to find several.
Blinklist, however, is a better social bookmarking site. It is difficult to describe, but the simplicity and ease of use is really appealing. It uses AJAX to make actions easy and quick. Instant blinking!
Blinklist is very much like del.icio.us, except better. It has all of the features (except a list of your tags when you submit a new bookmark) and a bit more. In fact, it is so much like del.icio.us (and it automatically transfers you del.icio.us bookmarks for you if you want), that it is really easy to switch over to Blinklist from del.icio.us.
Blinklist has some unique features, and several features that del.icio.us doesn’t have. If you select any text on the page, and then use their bookmarklet, the text you selected becomes the description! Saves time and energy, so you can get right back to work (*cough* *goofing off!*). The ability to make a bookmark “Private” and unviewable to public eyes is easily available. You can also star your bookmarks to easily view your best bookmarks.
I’m not as fond of the star system as others are. Generally, I only bookmark a sites that I like (doesn’t that make sense?), so the need to “star” something isn’t really prominent.
The Bad
The only thing it doesn’t have, however, is the mass cult following that del.icio.us has. Massive cult followings are the key to social bookmarking. That’s why it’s called social bookmarking. Can’t give any advice there though, and can’t blame them. Its only a few months old.
You know if this is the only thing I can think of that is bad, that Blinklist is awesome.
The Ugly
Wait, what?
Scratch that. (The Ugly)
Blinklist is in no way ugly. It is well designed and very easy on the eyes. Read this as: oooo… pretty…
In conclusion
To conclude this rather short blog post, I hereby announce that I’ve switched over to Blinklist! No more ugly-looking del.icio.us for me!
- Blinklist
- Blinklist demo (old, but still informative. Site looks a lot better than what’s shown here)
- Import from Del.icio.us
- My BlinkList Links
- Edit: The BlinkList Toolbar
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Hi,
If you also looked at Simpy in the process of moving to Blinklist, I would love to hear about your comparison of Blinklist and Simpy. Thanks!
Comment by Otis Gospodnetic — November 20, 2005 @ 1:32 am
I’m sorry to say that I did not look at Simpy very thoroughly. I might give it a review anyway, but don’t hold out hope, as I’m not quite up to switching from BlinkList anytime soon.
Comment by tyrantmizar — November 20, 2005 @ 3:42 pm
Have you tried Furl? It has many of the same features as Blinklist and more. It also uses highlighted text as the description for your bookmark. However, it also saves a complete copy of the page you are marking, in case the original goes down or away. It also has better search functionality.
furl.net
Comment by jedweb — November 21, 2005 @ 10:09 am
I’m really sorry, but I’m really not up to switching from BlinkList to try out any or all of the several dozen social bookmarking sites. I just got confortable with BlinkList.
Much of the reason I switched from del.icio.us to BlinkList was because I needed something different. Perhaps sometime later I’ll review Furl or Simpy or something else. Not now.
Comment by tyrantmizar — November 21, 2005 @ 3:30 pm
Should you dump del.icio.us for Blinklist?
It was only a couple of days ago when I became a happy user of del.icio.us. My happiness did not last long, though, even if I thought I solved my bookmarking overload problem once for all.
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