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Bookmarklets
one convenient way of accessing an add-and-tag interface is via a bookmarklet.
bookmarklets are small applications built into a bookmark on the browser toolbar.
clicking the bookmarklet launches the application that, for example, might save the
current web page to your favorite social bookmarking tool (see Figure 6.3).
Tagging System
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Figure 6.3 anatomy of a typical bookmarklet: (1) click the bookmarklet to open a pop-up
window, (2) add tags and other metadata in the pop-up window, (3) and then save that
data to the tagging system.
bookmarklets come in different flavors. Social bookmarking site Ma.gnolia offers four
versions of its bookmarklets: one that opens in the same page, one that opens in a
pop-up window, a mini version, and a simple mark-it-for-tagging-later version.
having more than one option is probably good considering that users have different
reasons for tagging.
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