Yahoo! Bookmarks Beta
Submitted by todd on Thu, 2006-12-21 23:28
Until recently Yahoo!'s MyWeb and Bookmarks were separate web features. Yahoo merged MyWeb into Bookmarks recently (I'm guessing within the last two months or so). All my MyWeb site links and descriptions were moved over to...
This merged beta looks better than MyWeb did IMHO. I like the thumbnail image of each bookmarked page. And, the new color scheme is a lot easier on my eyes. The one thing I miss though is an RSS feed of my bookmarks.
It looks like Yahoo! is trying to move its Bookmarks (formerly MyWeb) away from a social networking tool to simply a personal bookmarking tool and keeping del.icio.us as its social network bookmarking site.
Yahoo! Bookmarks has been
Yahoo! Bookmarks has been needing an overhaul for years. It is great to see that the six or seven year old product is finally getting attention. Keeping the folder metaphor is good for those that have lived in that realm is a good thing and including tagging as well is a great step forward for this product (oddly, an odd interface for adding tags is used, but that is for later and a rather minor thing compared to the bigger bumps). Having the video for an introduction is a great step forward and would have been a great asset for MyWeb 2 (not so sure it would help adoption with del.icio.us as its interface seems to be a stopping point for regular people using the web) as it would illustrate the lightbulb moment for people to understand why MyWeb 2 is important and useful.
The basic interaction design improvements are very good, with the drag and drop (there are usability/accessibility limitations with drag-and-drop and it would seem like the click-and-stick would have been much better, but that is another long post). The three view options for the bookmarks is helpful too as it provides a nice visual interface with helpful information or ones that are more scannable for people. The layout of the full view is a really nice improvement over the existing MyWeb 2 interface. Another great step forward is the URLs are readable links in the status bar not the hash or unfriendly to human links that were in MyWeb 2.
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