Library for Threads and Posts

[cafeIKE]

A very useful feature would be the ability to "add" a thread or post to a "Library".

If we could create sub categories so much the better.

I often would like to refer back to a thread / post for some information when someone asks for information.

[Local bookmarks only work if you use one computer and are lost when changing machines.]

[HB]

I've been thinking about the idea of "social bookmarking" for awhile. The dedicated FAQs and Favorites forum is my first foray; it links the "best of" threads for the site, but it's geared towards newcomers who wish to explore in depth rather than long-time members who wish to refind information. For that I've thought about tagging or thread rating as a way of letting members collectively decide what's noteworthy.

Instead of reinventing, another option is community bookmarking services like del.icio.us. As a trial, I've added automatically generated bookmarking links to the thread heading above the author. Look for this symbol:



It is only displayed to logged in users. Clicking it will bring you to del.icio.us with the correct URL and suggested title to add to your bookmarks. I've opened an account (homebarista) and will tag my selections with home-barista (always), espresso (frequently), coffee (sometimes), etc. What do you think?

[welone]

Local bookmarks only work if you use one computer and are lost when changing machines.

I'm using Firefox with the Foxmarks extension for synchronizing the Bookmarks between several computers. And if you have a USB-drive with more than 60 MB of free space (that's what mine uses with all the extensions, cache etc), I would also highly recommend the Portable Firefox


marco

[cafeIKE]

Dan,

I'll give del.icio.us a try. Great tip.

Thanks.