Continuing on from the Tools of the trade entry earlier in the year, I recently took a look at those web applications I use more than most and every day. One stood out among all the rest. Delicious – Social Bookmarking. Recently taking on an aesthetic upgrade and domain name change, Delicious is in my view, one of the best Web 2 apps to hit our browsers since the invention of IP technology (yes, I know that’s a big call).

If like me, you use multiple computers, you soon realise the value in using Delicious to store and manage your bookmarks/favourites. It’s beauty can be summed up in two ways – it’s accessibility and it’s tagging power.

If you use Firefox you probably already know how easily Delicious can be incorporated into your browser and if you use a Mac, how quickly you can save a URL online and offline (is a little slower if using a PC). There are no cross browser issues a and the sites layout is effective and functional.

Since Gmail introduced us to Tagging, it has been used across many web applications, none more effectively than Delicious. If there was ever something you wanted to apply tags to other than email, your favourites is up there at #1. It makes complete sense and now after using tags for the past few years you begin to wander how you could do without it. Tagging has certainly improved the way in which we work and manage our work flow.

This being said, Delicious is much more than that! It is also an invaluable resource that can be used like a search engine. You can browse other peoples favourites and search by tag and also view a bookmarked sites popularity within the Delicious community. So if you’re like me with almost 2000 favourites, you will certainly find Delicious to be a web resource you can’t do without.

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