So I am trying out delicious. I already had an account at IKeepBookmarks.com. I am importing the bookmarks. We'll see which I like better. If nothing else, now the bulk of my bookmarks are backed up. Every time IKeepBookmarks was unavailable, I worried that the site had gone under. How do these things make enough $$ to stay afloat?
Remember the Milk looks good, but you need the pro account to get it to work on your Android phone. That seemed like the real plus to me. Otherwise I just send myself e-mails of to-dos.
I know I am a throwback, but I still mainly use Internet Explorer, so while Readability sounds great... I tried looking through the IE Gallery Addons list, but it is just too long and I am just too impatient.
I know that I want to use Zamzar because I think I can use it to convert my old MSWorks files to Word +/or Excel. I had gradually been converting them as I needed them, but that takes a long time. (BTW, the school just got a new version of PrintShop and I learned that it can't read any of my files from the old version. GRRRRR!) I just can't convert files fast enough and I don't understand why the companies would make their own product files inaccessible. What possible advantage could it be for them to make me spend hours recreating my work! I understand they want me to buy the new version, but shouldn't that be enough?!
I'll edit this after delicious successfully uploads my bookmarks AND after I use Zamzar.
Okay, preliminary opinion of delicious versus IKeepBookmarks: the "Word Art" of most popular tags is pretty, but I think that I like the visual of the folders in IKeepBookmarks. I guess it is just how my brain works. I'm sure I can get used to delicious, but it will take time.
I can relate! I often stick with programs that I've been using for years, because I know them and I don't need to think about how they work. I'll invest the energy in moving to something new if it looks like it has added functions that I really want or need though.
ReplyDeleteWow, you tried out a lot tools! Good to have your bookmarks backed up in another tool, even if you don't use delicious on a regular basis. I like the folder structure of "i keep bookmarks" too. And if you don't need the additional features of delicious, it makes sense to stick with what you're doing. I don't usually switch tools till I really need a new feature that the new tool is offering.
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