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Integrating the Bookmark Widget into Outlook 2007

• Tuesday, September 16, 2008 7:11 PMBrad Turner - ILM MVPMVP

   
  

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  Ok, this is the sort of application (social bookmarking) and implementation that makes me change the way I consume RSS feeds.  Up until now I haven't seen tremendous value in using Outlook 2007 to consume feeds but I would if there was a way to integrate the bookmarking widget easily.  The habit I have myself into now is a convienient one:
  

  • Google Reader holds all of my RSS feeds currently so I scour them daily
  • I use the Share function which appears on each post to communicate them directly to the blog using a Google Widget to display objects I've shared

  This is kind of poor-mans social bookmarking the way I see it, but it does have a very convienient since I'm not relying on the publisher to add the widget, I can share it myself and bookmark it myself all inline with reading the post.  Not breaking continuity is the key usability goal here and is something I think the Microsoft Social Bookmarking product can take a few notes from.
  
  So, I would totally switch over to using Outlook 2007 as my feed reader if there was a way to add the bookmarking widget relative to each post.  Right now, each post has a "Share this Feed" option that allows you to email the post.  Extending the context menu here to include the Social Bookmarking widget, or better yet, extending the form itself so that it shows up in the header/footer of the post would be even better.
  
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  Brad Turner, ILM MVP - Ensynch, Inc - www.identitychaos.com