So I’ve been a user of Delicious for what’s seems to be years – it’s always been helpful, but has never done much for me other than bookmark pages. Sure they have “my network” but I’m still not sure even what that means. I’ve always pondered switching to Magnolia mainly because the cool guys use it and also because it was a Happy Cog design.
After the announcement this past week about Magnolia going open-source I decided it was time to re-explore. Turns out, to my surprise that Magnolia actually feels social! Thanks to their Roots Bookmarklet , when I go to tag a page to keep for later, it will show me the comments from the Magnolia community, the tags that it was given, and the ratings from other users.
Features
There are a lot of features in Magnolia that feel right – when I compare it to Delicious, I wonder what the hell I was doing using them for so long. Hum.
What are some of their impressive features? How about:
- the Roots Bookmarlet, like I said.
- Saved copies – in case your page goes offline or moves
- Ratings
- Profile Pages for Users
- Large Community
- OPEN ID!
- Groups
Give up on Delicious
They offer such a feature rich app that it’s time we give up Delicious – a bookmarking app that say’s they’re social even though it’s not. The most amazing advance delicious has made in three years is their new look – come on.
Bring your OpenID to Magnolia and start being social.
I'm Brad Cooper, a user experience designer and front-end programmer with a passion for actualizing visions. I strive to create a piece of art in each site that I put together both visually and technically.
