delicious workaround
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Does anybody have the Firefox add-on for delicious? Hitting the "Save New Bookmark" feature doesn't work anymore, I know. But if you hit ctrl+b, it brings up the sidebar, and that?
That still works. It's not ideal, not by a long shot. I don't like it - I still prefer going to the website.
But at least it shows all my tags, and even the ones with a / still work.
Fuck you, delicious.
Does anybody have the Firefox add-on for delicious? Hitting the "Save New Bookmark" feature doesn't work anymore, I know. But if you hit ctrl+b, it brings up the sidebar, and that?
That still works. It's not ideal, not by a long shot. I don't like it - I still prefer going to the website.
But at least it shows all my tags, and even the ones with a / still work.
Fuck you, delicious.
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Date: 2011-09-29 02:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-09-29 11:11 pm (UTC)I used it because I read a lot, and it's much easier to refind a fic I want via Delicious than it is to search my favorites on various sites :)
So it's heartbreaking to find it's gone to hell :(
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Date: 2011-09-30 06:38 am (UTC)My initial rage was… yesterday? I'm using Google Bookmarks, because I already have gmail and a Google+ account, so I figured… what the hell? I'll try it. I am still so. fucking. angry at AVOS and delicious in general right now. I mean, did they even test the site before launching? Did they ask anybody if the changes were good or bad? I don't think so. They are ignoring the entire fanbase of fanfiction authors/artists/lurkers and going for the "general" public. WTF?! WE are the biggest number base and they didn't even ask us about anything. We all just assumed that any changes made would be added or simply tweaked, instead of taking away all usability and function and creating STACKS.
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WHAT THE FUCK ARE STACKS AND WHY ARE YOU PROMOTING THEM SO DAMN MUCH?!
Not to mention they got rid of half of my bookmarks (thank god I backed them up a month or so ago) and fucking changed just about all my tags. They also ADDED weird tags that I have no use for. Such as: has:fandom and filetype:png and filetype:jpg, which is not the way I organize my tags, tyvm. I organize them so that I remember them, and so they are user-friendly. I DON'T CARE IF THEY TELL YOU IF IT'S A .JPG OR .PNG. THAT IS NOT SOMETHING PEOPLE BROWSING MY BOOKMARKS CARE ABOUT, GDI.
*breathes* Also, the ten bookmarks per page thing pisses me off. And I can't find over half of my bookmarks (the count went from 4000 to just under 2500 -- WTH?), tags won't stay edited, the '/' is just GONE (my most used symbol), no more network or RSS feeds, no subscriptions, and DID I MENTION THE GD STACKS?! Ugh. I keep finding myself clicking on the oh-so-handy and deeply ingrained habit of that blue/black/grey/white checkered square in my toolbar, before remembering it's DEAD. Or going to bookmark something and then remembering, ugh, it's the saddest feeling right now. I have those handy keyboard shortcuts and everything! Habit! Seriously ingrained habit! Now I have to catch myself. Especially when I'm looking for fic to read, like tonight, where I felt like some NCIS. I clicked on the link, and then kicked myself. I can't even navigate my own bookmarks -- HOW THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO NAVIGATE SOMEONE ELSE'S, DELICIOUS?!
*deep breathes* So, yeah. I hate it. And I'm sorry sweetie, I'm totally forgetting your question! Idk about the Firefox add-on, but my icon is still up in the toolbar? It's the shortcut to get to delicious with one click, instead of needing to bookmark something. All a waste of time now, though.
SO, besides this whole fuckery, how are you, m'dear? :3
♥
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Date: 2011-09-30 07:02 am (UTC)*ahem* HUG!
I was so pissed off at the site that I actually gave myself a stomach ache. It felt like acid was eating away the lining of my stomach. I moved to Diigo, but now that Delicious is sort of getting its shit together, I'm chilling out. I'm still furious as fuck about all the stuff they threw out - HELL DUMBASSES, THAT IS THE STUFF THAT MADE THE SITE POPULAR IN THE FIRST PLACE. But at least now it's bearable, if not awesome like pre-change.
Delicious has finally made some improvements to its systems. They are as follows:
+ The / tag now works. FUCK YEAH.
+ When you're searching for a fic on your delicious and put a tag in, it now shows more than just the 10 most recent bookmarks.
+ They are now back to the regular 25 bookmarks per page.
I'm taking stacks to be their version of "bundling"? I'm not sure; I watched the video when the site first changed, but I was too furious to really take in much. They added "has:length" and a bunch of other tags to mine as well. None of my bookmarks are missing, I don't think, but what I'm really pissed about is that some of my tags seem to be missing. I had over 200, and when I go to my tag page, it doesn't look like 200 fucking tags. I think there might be an option, like they recommend if something is missing to contact them or some shit, I don't even know.
My delicious add-on is back to working. I had to sign into delicious via add-on (even though I was clearly already logged in), but now when I got to "Delicious > Save New Bookmark" it works, as long as I put a comma in between each tag. (Because the new site uses commas to separate tags, which means if I don't it all becomes one ridiculously long tag.) I can still navigate my delicious but CTRL+B though, which is something I'm grateful for.
I can't wait for their "rename tag" feature to come back up, though. Since they got rid of bundling, I now have to rename some tags using "pairing", "author", and "fandom", just for easier filtering.
I'M DOING GOOD, BESIDES THIS FUCKERY. School is boring - I'm in a "Basic Windows" class, which is like "Here is how to take a screencap! Here is how to create a destkop shortcut! Here is how to use the search function!" like I'm some kind of computer illiterate who can't figure that out, even if I was new to the Windows 7 OS. (Which I'm not.)
HOW ARE YOU BB? I miss you like *mad*
MY ICON IS TRUTH.
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Date: 2011-10-01 04:42 am (UTC)*CLINGS TO AND REFUSES TO LET GO OF*
I know what you mean! I was puttering around, and (since I'm in, like, 2934798327 new fandoms) went to save a bookmark and was met with STACKS. Which kinda scared me away, tbh. I was like… did I click the right button? Is this really delicious? I had to double-check the link, and then OMG signing in I was so full of trepidation oh geez. SWEETIE, DID YOU KNOW YOUR DIIGO WAS BANNED FOR SPAM? It's been happening to a bunch of us, but I went to friend you back and the site was like NO YOU CAN'T SHE'S A SPAMMER. =/ Which is so stupid because it's just because you're saving lots of fic and they hate things with sex/sexy/any other variant in the title or description or tags. =| Or things tagged 'fanfic' or any variant, or things with slashes, 'cause it's figured out that means fanfic. DIIGO YOU ARE ANNOYING ME.
THE '/' TAG WORKS?! GOOD. Though idk if I'll go back until they get their shit straightened out. And thank god they're past the 10 fucking bookmarks. What is that? I mean, I don't know anyone who has ten fucking bookmarks. The site is for bookmarking!! IF YOU'VE ONLY GOT TEN, YOU MIGHT AS WELL GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. I hope they go back to letting you view 100 per page, though. I liked using that, especially when I was reorganizing my bookmarks.
I saw the vid on stacking and I was like… what? It looks like it won't really let you explore it much, if you follow me. Like, I get the feeling that once you click on a stack, you're locked into that aspect of someone's account, and can't really navigate from there well. You're forced to look at everything in that stack. Idk, some people on delicious (especially
Ugh, tags. They are destroying this once wonderful invention. I can't find mine. Like, when I log in (which I am constantly being forced to do -- HOW HARD IS IT TO REMEMBER ME?) I can't find where all of my tags are. There are some in the sidebar, but only, like, 40. Where are all the rest? I can't find them through 'settings' or in the sidebar, there's no link to 'more tags' or to 'edit tags'. WORK WITH ME HERE, DELICIOUS. PLEASE.
And what is with adding their own goddamn tags? It's not your account, why the fuck do you care what tags I have? Not everyone organizes things in the same way, we don't all want the same fucking tags. It's kinda like AVOS is a kid brother who is constantly following you around, messing up your toys and stepping on your toes. STOP HELPING I DON'T WANT YOUR HELP. GO PLAY IN THE YARD.
No. Just… no. I refuse to tell them that they stole and/or deleted my tags. They should know if their new site has fucked up the info that is stored there, I shouldn't need to tell them they are fuck-ups. UGH.
Good! Add-ons should keep working, but theirs probably got fucked with in the transition. Geez. I wish they kept the function that automatically adds in tags for you, like, you start typing a tag and it guesses which one you want. The comma thing will take some getting used to, but I think it won't be that bad. A little irritating, but not awful.
Ugh, me too! I renamed my tags oh… six months ago, I think? I'm kinda OCD about organization, and I did an overhaul of my tags then. I have 'fandom' and 'author' tags; not sure if I'm gonna do 'pairing' or not yet. Maybe the next time I go on an organizing spree. We'll see. Hopefully delicious will be cooperating by then.
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Date: 2011-10-01 06:48 am (UTC)fff I read what you said about my Diigo being marked as spam, so I went to it, and it said my account had been deleted due to being marked as spam. But now, whenever I go here, my bookmarks pop right up? IDEK. It's just a habit to save to delicious, so that's what I keep doing, but perhaps I should put the ones I just recently added onto Diigo as well.
Yep, the / tag works! All my tags are up, I think, but they don't have the tag count right just yet. Like it says I only have "lavvyan" used once, which isn't true at all (I've clicked it, there's lots of fic!). I check their Delicious Update Blog practically hourly for new updates to the site :P Still nothing on "tag rename" though, so until then I'll have to deal with my tags being messy :\ I could have swore I read somewhere where they were going to bring back the option to set how many bookmarks per page you want, but I don't imagine it's a high priority.
To be honest? I still have no fucking clue what stacks does. I'm checking out
As for your tags - to view all of mine, I have to added /tags to my delicious address. So perhaps this will work for you? THE ADDING TAGS THING. That does piss me off. Has:Length? NO SHIT. THAT'S WHY I HAVE A DAMN LENGTH TAG. To be honest, I try to avoid going to my delicious now. And if Diigo continues to mark me as spam, then what he hell am I going to do? I have nowhere else to go.
I think one of
I felt no need to add "fandom" or "author" tags, because delicious had bundling. Now I have to, because otherwise it's just a big, irritating mess. :\\\\\\\\
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Date: 2011-10-01 07:16 am (UTC)Idk either. Diigo needs to get its shit together and stop banning us from doing things. It's gonna lose more and more people if it doesn't let us bookmark and share what we want to with others. Why should it care what we want to keep public? It's there as an archiving site; its users do not define it. Its services do.
Sweet! I just had a quick peek -- yes, I'm still kind of scared of the 'LOOK! STACKS!!' it throws at you when you log in -- and it has fixed my tags, and shows more in the sidebar, like it used to. Shows me my most used, and even has a link to where all of my tags are. \o/ Progress!! I'm holding out for more good changes, but we'll see. And yes, messy tags are messy. =/ Get your game on, delicious!
Ugh, me neither. For all that they keep throwing stacks at us, I still have no fucking clue. ISN'T HER JOURNAL AWESOME? She's doing all the heavy-lifting and exploring, so I just keep checking back in to see what's up. It's my one source for all updates on delicious issues and improvements.
lazy Jen is laaaaaaazyPINBOARD. IF ONLY I HAD MONEY! ;A; It sounds incredible, and totally in control of its features.Yes! The tags are functioning again, finally. RIGHT?! WHY? WHY ARE YOU ADDING THINGS? OBVIOUSLY IT'S GOT 'FANDOM' IN IT, THAT'S WHY MY TAG SAYS FANDOM GDI. Me too. Avoidance is an introvert thing, I think. Whenever I find myself going to click on it, I have to remind myself that no, it's no longer the safe-haven for bookmarks it once was. It's a little depressing, and the stacks fucking scare me. Geez. It's almost as bad as having someone else's religion shoved down your throat.
If Diigo keeps giving you shit, you should make a Google account. It's free, and your bookmarks might be privated (your eyes only) I'm still not that sure on the details. But it's easy to navigate, and I can send you an invite for a Google+ account, if you want. Tbh, I don't really see the appeal of it yet. It's a little like Facebook, only… more exclusive? Idk. And since I really use my bookmarks for my own usage, it's not a big deal for me to private them for a bit longer if I need to. I hope delicious gets to be more user-friendly because I love it to pieces, but I'm really not the audience the new owners were aiming for. It'll suck if I can no longer use it like I used to, but we'll see.
Hmm… that would make sense. I don't really understand the world of code, though. I mean, if one company was able to do it, why can't another? Does it take a really long time to write the code for something like delicious? I don't know. But yeah, they should have notified us, let us know that they were gonna be expecting issues in the near future. CHECK YOUR USER BASE MORE CLOSELY, DIM-WITS. WE ARE YOUR MAJORITY -- USE US!!! DON'T IGNORE US!!!
Eh, to each their own. XD I felt the need because… well, idk really tbh. I just looked at my tags and my OCD brain said "FANDOMS SHOULD ALL BE IN THE SAME AREA FOR EASIER ACCESS" so, I changed them. Lol. Then I noticed I had several authors saved on some bookmarks and brain goes, "LOOK. AUTHORS. LOTS OF THEM. GROUP THEM TOO." so I did. :3 But yes, it is very very messy atm. I hope they get things sorted. But again, they wouldn't need to sort out anything if they didn't fuck with it in the first place.
What have they done, really? Deleted old features and introduced 'stacks'. Which no-one knows or really cares to use, and no-on can do ANYTHING ELSE with the site because they deleted it. Seems more like a step backwards, doesn't it AVOS?
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Date: 2011-10-01 04:43 am (UTC)omg exceeded comment limit -- that's never happened to me before!THAT'S WONDERFUL BB. School is always boring. Except my Psych class -- it's fun! At least, it is when the prof doesn't use neon blue ink on a navy blue background for PP slides. My eyes! =____= Hey, I could use a Windows class. XD
knows nothing about Windows beyond basic use -- which is why I am a Mac personI AM DOING OKAY. My car is in bad condition though. It stalled the other day, like, the battery died when I was at the store and so I had to get some guy to help me jump it. I hope it holds out while I'm in school, but idk yet. I'm a little scared to make the commute because I could end up stranded on campus any day. BESIDES THAT life is pretty good. I am avoiding my relatives in general because they keep asking me when I'm gonna get a boyfriend and/or a job, and I'm thinking about changing my major again which is gonna piss off my parents, but OTHER THAN THAT I love life. My best friend is determined to not let me hermit all semester, so she steals me away from home each Sunday and we go do something fun. :D We went hiking last weekend! :3 Something I haven't done in… oh geez, years at least. And I'm growing my hair out again, which is a pain in the ass but I didn't like the super-short look, and it's currently in that awkwardly-not-short-not-long stage and barely able to get put up in a ponytail, but STILL.
*CLINGS TO AND LOVES ON* We definitely need to talk more! I see you're in more new fandoms as well! I haven't seen due South but it's on my to-watch list. Currently, I'm on Criminal Minds ♥ I love it so.
I WISH I HAD AN AWESOME ICON LIKE THAT ONE. But I don't, so have my <3 one instead. ♥♥♥ Tis very heartfelt.
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Date: 2011-10-01 06:55 am (UTC)We need to get this delicious crap off our chests. :)Psych class does tend to be more fun, yes. Except I had a teacher that loved loading us down with work, and then on top of that assigning us group projects. Aww, bb. A Windows class probably would help you if you had to use school computers, but I don't see the need if you have a Mac :P I'm the opposite - I cannot work a Mac to save my life. I just sit there and fear pushing a button and somehow deleting my OS.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed that your car holds out. If you do get stranded, would you have someone to call? I HOPE SO. Oh god, yes. The boyfriend question. I get it all the time, it's annoying. I've changed my major twice, and I'm still not sure if the section of computers that I'm going into is the one I want. I feel like a failure because I graduated HS in 2007 and I still have no college degree. I bet your hair looks great no matter what, bb. Oo, hiking eh? FUN. Did you picnic? I go out and have fun maybe twice a year, lol. This summer was oddly busy for me.
♥ ♥ ♥ We do! Criminal Minds is *awesome* I usually tune in for the re-runs, but after awhile you start noticing they show the same ones over and over :\ Did you know Alex O'Loughlin is in an episode of Criminal Minds? Unf. PLEASE WATCH DUE SOUTH SOMEDAY. The person I ship the main character (Fraser) with doesn't show up until S3, but it is such a hilarious show.
I LOVE YOU TOO JENN~
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Date: 2011-10-01 07:28 am (UTC)Psych is my favorite, not in the least because I get to study disorders like schizophrenia and claustrophobia. Love the interesting ones. Ew, loads of paperwork and projects? NOT FUN. Windows and I have a love/hate relationship. If I just need to log on for a bit to type up a paper, we love each other. If I need to do ANYTHING ELSE? Hate hate hate hate hate. LOL Oh, bb, they don't bite, I promise. :3
Me too. ;A; I hope so, I really really do. Breaking down is always a fear of mine, but not because I'll be stuck somewhere with no way of getting home; I never wander far, and always know where I am. I'm deathly scared of talking to strangers to get their help and jump my battery. *shudders* God, it took me, like, a half-hour to talk to another student the other day and ask for help! Sometimes, I think I have agoraphobia -- fear of crowds. ;A;
Yes, I have AAA. But I didn't want mom to find out the battery drained, so I didn't call it the other day. If it happens this week, I will, but otherwise I don't think I'll need to. I'm gonna start bringing something to do with me, instead of just stuff I'll need when I get where I'm going; I don't cope well with boredom, and I'd go out of my mind if I had to wait for AAA without anything to do.
Ugh, the boyfriend question. WHY DOES IT MATTER? Hey, you should be happy I have no bf right now. At least I'm not whoring myself out or doing drugs! BOOKS ARE MY DRUGS, OKAY? Those and fried foods. Mmm… fried chicken.
I know how you feel. I graduated in '07 as well, and I've changed my major three times. I'm going on five years in college, and I've switched colleges once already. My friends all graduated from college last spring, and here I am, still attending. Pfft, my hair fucking afros if I leave it alone. There are days I truly HATE the curls. WE DID HAVE A PIC-A-NIC. It was awesome, if hot. We HAD to pick the ONE day in the week that it was 90˚F and fucking HUMID. Ugh. But we had fun, and I got my first -- and only -- mosquito bites of the year. Hermit? Proudly.
LOOOOOOVE CRIMINAL MINDS. Caught an old ep tonight, but it was from season one, which… yeah. I was like, "WHERE'S ROSSI?" Lol Rossi is one of my faves. ♥ YES, YES I DID. I WAS SO CONFLICTED FOR THAT EP. But unf, he is so pretty. Idec he's a serial killer, really. Alex ♥♥♥ I WILL DEARHEART, I WILL. IT'S ON MY TO-WATCH LIST AND I PROMISE I'LL GET TO IT. Do you ship him with Ray? XD Idk the characters yet, but from what I hear they are the BIGGEST ship. What's the premise?
MUAH! ♥ ~
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