The team behind del.icio.us has been feverishly redeveloping and scaling the application since yahoo purchased it over a year ago. del.icio.us has been building a new platform that speeds up the bookmarking process and enables it to grow without issues, adding more functionality and proper user interface design. Well, the time has come to let a select few inside the doors of the delicious preview to see what's hiding.
Notice there are no ".'s" in the name. Could they be taking the "web2.0" fad out and replacing it with a more mature application?
Let's begin with what's new. First off, the
del.icio.us design has been revamped and looks totally refreshing. They have worked with users and gone over tons of feedback from the current site in order to build this new rendition. Complete with new links, navigation areas, sidebars and brand spanking new user interface design, any bookmarker will be happy.
Here's a rundown of the new goodies you can expect:
Navigation:
- New organization
- Fast contextual search
- Contextual sub menus
The Navigation is now very clean, easy to understand and very simple to get around. It's split up into three main sections Bookmarks, People and Tags. A new My Tags section lets you see all of your tags in a cloud format which is handy to easily grad a list of links relating.
The Search feature allows for searching in the user's own bookmarks as well as in a network of bookmarks or even in all delicious users bookmarks.
Tag Bar
- Tag navigation
- Auto complete
- Sorting
The introduction of a Tag Bar makes it quick to navigate around bookmarks using tags. The tag bar has an auto complete feature, and you can sort tags alphabetically, by most recent, and by popularity.
Bookmarks
- New layout
- Blue boxes
- Details page
Bookmarks have been redesigned so they are easier to read and understand at first glance. Views can also be changed to have more information present on bookmarks such as a URL. Bookmark popularity is also now evident in the shade of a blue box with a number in it beside the bookmark. The darker it is the more people have it bookmarked.
Sidebar
- Top 10 tags
- New bundles
- Private nicknames
From the Sidebar, bookmarks are now refined into bundles. They can also be used to subscribe to networks and check out what other users bookmark tag collection is like. However, the top 10 feature here is great to see what a specific user is highly interested in. As with any other network, some users do not use their real names, and this can get confusing. Any user in your network can now be given a private nickname that is displayed so you can easily determine who they are from here.
Action Box
- Contextual actions
- Tag descriptions
- Bulk edit
An Action box has been added which gives users a list of the most common actions used for the current page. For instance, if you had just bookmarked a page, you will see links to share, do not share, delete, add tag and remove tag. As well, the Action box will also give you the ability to save a new bookmark, create a public profile, and bulk edit to change a group of bookmarks all at once.
In all, the new delicious redesign looks great. We honestly wouldn't change a thing. The team has done a great job here and done what any company should when looking to revamp their services: listen and follow what your users want. It's been a long time coming but it's finally almost ready to roll out to all users. After a few more retouches, we should be getting notifications as to when the new service will launch to the public. Good job delicious!
