Diigo V3 Refinements

A great new UI, a new Diigo toolbar and especially an added fully functional sidebar have added great form and function to Diigo. Version 3 has over 100 new features, here are some of the more apparent features and usability.

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• Hyper-usability as a research tool: Diigo’s entire browser extension has been re-designed for improved, and it now provides a sidebar where a user can easily search and access his bookmarks. This sidebar adds great flexibility and simplicity to viewing annotations and in using other Diigo functions. Users can view, search, tag and perform other functions in the sidebar while still using the classic view and/or surfing for resources - this is a great addition.

• Team research platform - Another powerful Version 3’s addition is the enhanced ability for users to vote or approve excellent bookmarks in a rather “suggestive” matrix. Group tagging, allows entire groups to suggest the best of the best and in this fashion good content (voted on by a collective) tends to rise to the top. The results of group activity are utilized in this way and add to group as well as community content value.

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• Social Browser Discovery - The Diigo toolbar has been a great innovation of Web 2.0. Now with Version 3 users have added utility in that the new bar has the capability to show who has bookmarked any page and other similar pages and sites people have marked. Essentially Diigo has added a new level of transparency and discovery to an already powerful tool.

• Social Personalization - Diigo as a source of collective social content makes finding, selecting, evaluating and effectively using interesting content much simpler. Users can see much more clearly the tags of individuals and groups, while browsing content of friends, group members or the Diigo community as a whole. From recommended news to top rated bookmarks, Diigo has added a compelling new way to gather and use daga.

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Networking - Diigo Version 3 is an integrated platform for social bookmarking and annotation which fosters a much more connected and productive type of network. Community members can not only gather around meaningful topics and projects, but they now have advanced search and discovery tools to help them collectively draw from Diigo’s growing storehouse of excellent data. The “people like me” aspect is also fun and useful, especially if you are looking for people in similar tasks or interests. The invite and communication aspects are fairly commonplace for communities, but the essence of Diigo’s value is really in the user generated content that has been made so accessible.

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