Re: [chiPHPug-discuss] Bookmark database

[Neil R. <Nei...@rc...>]

Design precedes implementation . . .


At 06:52 PM 4/27/2008, "Jough Dempsey" <jou...@gm...> wrote:
>I know what you mean about wanting your links on your site.  You
>mentioned SQLite in FF3, which may be an option for offline caching,
>but you may also want to consider Google Gears, which works in more
>browsers and may or may not be more robust (if slightly less "open"
>than SQLite).
>
>- J.
>
>On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 6:38 PM, Neil Rest <Nei...@rc...> wrote:
> > I don't want my data residing on an alien server.  They can and do
> >  vanish; get bought/sold; and unilaterally change their privacy and
> >  access policies.
> >  This isn't about "my site".  I expect code to be open; data is
> >  proprietary.  (Hey, this list gets a "sourceforge" link appended to
> >  each email!)
> >
> >  (Data interchange facilities are certainly on the list; we can
> >  exchange all or part of our respective lists, even retaining origin
> >  stamps for individual entries.)
> >
> >
> >  At 05:45 PM 4/27/2008, "Jough Dempsey" <jou...@gm...> wrote:
> >  >I like the way Magnolia lets you add bookmarks from a simple bookmarklet:
> >  >
> >  >http://ma.gnolia.com/
> >  >
> >  >Delicious is of course the leader in this area, but its interface
> >  >leaves a bit to be desired: http://del.icio.us
> >  >
> >  >http://reddit.com/ and http://digg.com focus on the social 
> bookmarking aspect.


> >  > >  On 4/21/08, Neil Rest <Nei...@rc...> wrote:
> >  > >  > The last time I looked, there didn't seem to be a good 
> database for web
> >  > >  > bookmarks.  Considering how much weird stuff has a dozen
> >  > different projects
> >  > >  > going on out there, it seemed an odd gap, so I decided I
> >  > wanted to do one.
> >  > >  > (I now have almost enough time, energy, and stability to start
> >  > serious work.
> >  > >  >  We'll see.)
> >  > >  >
> >  > >  > The biggest, broadest question is the various lookup approaches to
> >  > >  > implement.  The more the better, broadly -- you ought to 
> be in charge of
> >  > >  > your collection, not vice versa -- but I'm no library 
> scientist, or even
> >  > >  > retrieval expert.
> >
> > > >  >
> >  > >  > So the question I'm broadcasting is:  How would you like 
> to be able to
> >  > >  > search your own collection of bookmarks?  Secondarily, 
> what good (i.e.,
> >  > >  > "user friendly" for some value of user) ways of doing searches
> >  > do you know
> >  > >  > of, or think ought to go into an ideal bookmarker?


Neil
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