DeliciousSafari 1.5
Version 1.5 of DeliciousSafari is available. When saving a bookmark that you have already saved, DeliciousSafari now populates the fields with your exising values. This provides basic bookmark editing. Simply click on the bookmark and then re-add it. When you do, it will be filled with the values of your last post.
Changes
- Displays current bookmark values when posting a bookmark you already have
- Added WebKit compatibility
Notes
- Due to a limitation with the del.icio.us API, the value of the do not share field is not remembered when re-posting a bookmark.
- If you are upgrading, you should log out of DeliciousSafari and then log back in again to refresh all bookmarks after you have installed 1.5. You only need to do this once. This will ensure the notes field is displayed when editing a bookmark.
January 23rd, 2008 at 3:04 am
Two things need to be added here…
• Ability to change the shortcut for adding a bookmark (the default one is a contortion! …I know why you chose it but still…)
• Ability to pick up selected text on the page as an extended description.
Other than that…fantastic! This was the missing link for me.
Thanks again!
January 23rd, 2008 at 7:47 am
Thanks for the feedback Jamie.
Being able to set the shortcut is a good idea, especially if you have other Safari plug-ins installed as the shortcut may conflict with another plug-in. I’m adding this to my to-do list.
The second feature (selected text in the browser becomes the extended description) has been requested by others and will be implemented at some point. However, I’m not sure on a date yet, as other items are prioritized above it.
January 26th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
Hi Doug,
I’m having trouble saving bookmarks. Every time I come back to Safari, I have to log out and then back in to del.icio.us (through the helpful menus in your plug-in). Otherwise, bookmarks will not save! It just sits there spinning forever.
I’m using Tiger 10.4.11, version 1.5 of your plug-in, and have latest versions of safaristand and SIMBL loaded. Any ideas?
Also, thanks for making this! I was really missing this functionality after switching back from Firefox.
January 26th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
I trashed the prefs and it seems to be working now.. sorry about that! Thanks for reading anyway.
January 26th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
Thanks for the feedback Rob. If you’re having any kind of networking issues (or if del.icio.us is having problems), then you’ll experience the problem you described. The Firefox extension doesn’t suffer from this issue as the dialog box appears to go away immediately and then it uploads the new bookmark in the background. I’ve thought about taking a similar approach to avoid this problem, but I haven’t implemented it yet.
January 27th, 2008 at 6:41 pm
Hi Doug, Just to say that I am having the problem again… i had restarted the computer since so I wonder whether the plugin neglects to login when loaded? I understand what you say about network issues, but it always works immediately after I ‘logout & login’ to delicious via the plugin. Maybe it is just delicious having some problems,..
If you do decide to implement your dialog workaround (which I think is a great idea), it could be useful to be notified subsequently if the attempt had timed out.
Thanks for the response. It’s very reassuring to know you are continuing to develop this very elegant and timesaving plugin!
January 27th, 2008 at 8:54 pm
That’s not good. I’ll try to reproduce the problem and get back to you.
January 28th, 2008 at 8:09 am
The Firefox del.icio.us plugin manages to remember the value of “do not share” when re-posting: aren’t they using the normal API? Perhaps you might want to take a look at what they are doing, perhaps this will provide you a solution for this “known issue”.
January 28th, 2008 at 8:39 am
I’ve been stuck in Firefox because of the Delicious add-on but this sounds like the ‘missing link’ to me too as I can’t wait to ditch flaky, buggy, slow Firefox … Well it would if these SIMBL plugins didn’t need root access to install. No issue at home, but impossible for me here at work.
Any chance of a version that doesn’t require the admin password at installation?
Or is that just impossible? (I notice Watanabe’s Inquisitor needs one to now whereas before it didn’t I’m sure.) It says on your site that you need to install it for every user, so why does it need root access?
As this is an instant non-starter it’s back to clunky Firefox for me.
January 28th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
Hi, when you register, does one license key mean I can use it on several computers (with the same del.icio.us account across all of them), therefore sharing my bookmarks across all the computers? Thanks
January 28th, 2008 at 8:11 pm
Holger, I looked into remembering the “do not share” value for re-posting, but was not able to figure out how to do it using their APIs. They don’t tell you if a bookmark is shared or not.
If they do make this available or I figure out how to use the current API, then you can bet I’ll add that feature.
January 28th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
Mark,
you are correct in your accusations against SIMBL requiring to be root in order to install, which in turn is because of a limitation with Apple install packages.
However, according to the SIMBL developer, it is possible to install the SIMBL files into your user folder under Library/InputManager. If you’re willing to do a bit of manual labor, I’ll walk you through the steps you need to get it installed and, if it works out, I may just end up trying to modify the installer to allow non-root installs.
Just contact me using the contact form here:
http://delicioussafari.com/contact_us.php
January 28th, 2008 at 8:17 pm
Lars,
Yes, one license means you can use it on several computers (with the same del.icio.us account across all of them).
January 29th, 2008 at 7:58 am
Mark,
after looking into this a bit more, I discovered that on Leopard it is no longer possible to install SIMBL in your user folder under Library/InputManager because of new security restrictions Leopard places on InputManagers. Two new restrictions are that InputManagers must be installed in /Library/InputManagers and owned by the root user.
However, on Tiger, you can still get away with this.
Sorry about this limitation. If I discover a workaround, I’ll let you know.
January 31st, 2008 at 1:02 pm
As others have pointed out many times in this blog, the 4-key combo for adding a bookmark is pretty ridiculous, any chance you could make this user configurable?
January 31st, 2008 at 1:03 pm
Also, if you could add an option where ‘do not share’ is the default that would great.
January 31st, 2008 at 7:48 pm
Kyle, thanks for the feedback. Adding a preference to change the 4-key combo is one of the most oft requested features, and I plan to include it in the 1.7 release (the release after next).
After I build a preference window, it will be easy to add your ‘Make “do not share” the default’ option as well, so look for that in 1.7 as well.
February 6th, 2008 at 5:38 am
Hi Doug:
Nice to see you have implemented a new shortcut. I thought I might mention the ShortcutRecorder class that myself and some other developers designed if you don’t already know it. Its used in several well known open source projects: Adium is a good example.
Anyway, it might help you out if you want to make it configurable.
Cheers
Jamie
February 6th, 2008 at 7:35 am
Thanks for the tip, Jamie. I’ll look into it.