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Playericious: Play Search Results from Delicious and Magnolia

Playericious is a very interesting web app that allows you to literally play webpages that are bookmarked on Delicious and Magnolia in a slideshow manner. It’s like StumbleUpon, only lazier.

Delicious and Magnolia have an unbelievable resource of information of human classified quality resources. It is a giant listing of sites that people have thought were worth saving, categoriezed by tag and updated with the freshest sites. Social Bookmarking is the future of search directories.

The app is easy enough to use. Just type in the keyword you want to search or the login for any of the two social bookmarking sites mentioned above. You can further filter the results by choosing the type of results you want to be played on your screen. After setting the frequency just hit go and watch all those tagged webpages play. Like in any player, there is of course the pause button. If you happen to find a page that you like and want to read further, just hit the pause button. You also get a preview title for next page on the slide which is extra neat.

Playericious is a fun and different way to search for keywords in delicious and magnolia. It would be great though If the author of the app could add a bookmarking option, one that allows users to bookmark (for example on Delicious) a page that is viewed using Playericious.

Tags: delicious, magnolia, play, playericious, search, slide

Mento: A Fresh New Bookmarking Service

There are lots of link sharing sites out there but Mento thinks that it could be better and simpler for users. Mento provides a lightweight, non-intrusive solution for easy bookmarking, sharing and tagging.

To use Mento, just register and download the Firefox or Internet Explorer extensions, or use their bookmarklet which works on all browsers. When you click the bookmarklet or Mento button, a small popup window will appear asking which Mento service you would like to use. The send feature will allow you to send the links (along with images and comments) to your Mento friends, groups, tags or email buddies. The save feature will generally save the link to your mento profile allowing you to place tags, images and notes along with the link. The reply feature will allow you to comment on the link(s) provided that it has already been saved by somebody in your network. This will also keep track of the linking activities of your Mento friends whether they have previously saved a particular link which will prevent duplicate link sharing in your network. The site also keeps track on how many times a link you’ve shared has been clicked, and which members have clicked it.

Mento also offers outside link sharing by allowing you to publish links to del.icio.us, FriendFeed, Magnolia, Tumblr, and Twitter. They also have a Facebook app that allows friends to view and comment on your links without having to install the application themselves. You can also use the AddThis widget to publish your links on other bookmarking sites. Talk about not being selfish.

Mento is another addition to the numerous social bookmarking services in the internet. The site is fresh looking and packed with sharing features which are also user friendly. If you are in the market for an alternative bookmarking service, Mento is definitely worth checking out.

Tags: bookmark, bookmarking service, Facebook, Firefox, internet explorer, magnolia, mento, social bookmaring, twitter