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Bookmarking has definitely changed with the evolution of the web
Bookmarking has definitely changed with the evolution of the web
(http://tdot.blog-city.com/evolution_bookmarking.htm). It is now time to rethink about the UI to address the new requirements. The current interface for BOOKMARKS / FAVORITES is optimal for "quick access to a small number of items with a high frequency of revisiting". But the "large number of items with a low frequency of revisiting" needs a new concept (http://tdot.blog-city.com/rethinking_bookmarks_ui.htm). I consider it an INDEX / PERMANENT HISTORY of websites. Just saving these websites as bookmarks doesn't result in anything useful because organizing a directory or scanning the large list manually takes to long, and the saved titles usually don't contain the search terms I use. However, annotating the titles of bookmarks has been very useful before tagging became an issue (see above "Evolution of Bookmarking"). It turned out that commas between tags didn't add anything. Instead of tags with multiple associated words I use multiple single-word tags separated by spaces as in natural sentences (also suggested by del.ios.us). This is sufficient for the search and allows me to use the concept of "ordered tags" (http://tdot.blog-city.com/advanced_tagging_with_ordered_tags.htm).
(http://pubnotes.wordpress.com/2007/10/14/the-evolution-of-bookmarking-bookmarks-firefox-and-delicious/). It is now time to rethink about the UI to address the new requirements. The current interface for BOOKMARKS / FAVORITES is optimal for "quick access to a small number of items with a high frequency of revisiting". But the "large number of items with a low frequency of revisiting" needs a new concept (http://pubnotes.wordpress.com/2007/10/14/rethinking-the-user-interface-for-bookmarks-two-different-purposes-may-require-two-different-interfaces/). I consider it an INDEX / PERMANENT HISTORY of websites. Just saving these websites as bookmarks doesn't result in anything useful because organizing a directory or scanning the large list manually takes to long, and the saved titles usually don't contain the search terms I use. However, annotating the titles of bookmarks has been very useful before tagging became an issue (see above "Evolution of Bookmarking"). It turned out that commas between tags didn't add anything. Instead of tags with multiple associated words I use multiple single-word tags separated by spaces as in natural sentences (also suggested by del.ios.us). This is sufficient for the search and allows me to use the concept of "ordered tags" (http://pubnotes.wordpress.com/2007/10/14/advanced-tagging-hierarchical-and-ordered-tags/).


== Tagging UI ==
== Tagging UI ==
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