Comments on: Del.icio.us: Could You Expand the Notes Field, Please?

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 13:07:56 +0000

What I’m finding even more frustrating is the fact that this length limit doesn’t seem to be documented anywhere, at least not that I can find. I had to do some trial and error to find that it was 255 characters. Since Pukka needs to know this, I’m potentially wrong when/if they change it and still don’t document it.

Thanks for the thoughtful article.

By: sennoma

sennoma — Sun, 25 Dec 2005 11:38:19 +0000

I deleted my delicious account when yahoo bought them, on account of this, and have been using furl since. I tried both raw sugar and spurl, and didn't like either (although spurl will upload your delicious bookmarks automatically, which makes a nice easy online backup). Furl has plenty of flaws though, and I'm about to try connotea to see whether it's any better (I just checked, and the notes ("description") field either has no chr limit or a generous one). In searching for a replacement for delicious, I came across a bunch of content management apps/sites, which are listed here. There are even more only a click or two away from connotea/social bookmarking.

By: Dianna

Dianna — Fri, 23 Dec 2005 18:58:42 +0000

Great article. I really use del.icio.us A LOT and am always trying to use it more efficiently for myself
and others who might refer to my links. Extending that field is an excellent idea. Maybe they will do it,
especially with Yahoo’s resources now available.

Thanks for the link on the tag generator. I’ve been trying to tag all of my entries now and it isn’t always
the easiest thing to do. Take care!

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 07:15:44 +0000

You could try using http://www.blinklist.com instead of del.icio.us. Importing everything from del.icio.us is easy and we support much longer notes. We also have lots of other things that make BlinkList unique that you will discover if you play around with the site a bit. If you do check out our new service, I would love to hear your thoughts. Mike

By: Amy Gahran

Amy Gahran — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 19:24:34 +0000

Thanks, April. That’s an interesting list. However, as far as I see nothing on it expands the length of the notes field in Del.icio.us. I think that would have to be handled at Del.icio.us itself, not through an add-on tool, since it is a parameter of the database.

I could be wrong, of course. If I am, I’d appreciate someone shedding more light on this situation.

- Amy Gahran
Editor, Contentious

By: April

April — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 19:14:33 +0000

Well, I tried a couple that used to work and now they don’t. I wonder if del.icio.us has changed things since being bought by Yahoo or if its only temporary?

By: April

April — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 18:52:03 +0000

The beauty of del.icio.us is that people keep writing more tools for it. A couple of sites have extensive lists: http://pchere.blogspot.com/2005/02/absolutely-delicious-complete-tool.html or
http://www.kriskrug.com/?p=276 for example.