Del.icio.us (finally) releases Firefox 3 compatible plugin
I moved to using Firefox 3 nightlies as my primary web-browser a few months ago, a move that was painful not because of the volatile nature of pre-release software, but because of the patchy support for the Minefield builds amongst the most popular Firefox plugins. Slowly but surely, I got all my essential add-ons functional with the glaring exception of the Del.icio.us plugin. I eventually resorted to using an-invasive add-on (Shareaholic) just to have access to simple Del.icio.us functionality.
Well, my worries are finally over, as today Yahoo! released a Firefox 3-friendly Del.icio.us plugin.
The first thing I noticed when I installed the update was how all-encompassing it is; by default it adds:
- 3 navigation-bar buttons
- 3 status-bar icons
- A toolbar
- A sidebar
- A main-menu entry
- An options-menu entry
- Integration with the location-bar bookmark icon
- An ‘imported’ column in the bookmarks library
- And possibly more to be discovered
It sounds a bit much at first, especially when you take into account the massive overlap of functionality between all UI additions, but it is immensely customisable so you can get rid of as much or little of the fluff as you like. If, like me, you’re bookmarking needs are relatively simple you’ll likely get rid of everything barring the navigation-bar buttons.
Anyway, you can download the extension here; as always be careful as this is still technically beta software.
