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Using the del.icio.us bookmarklet button

With del.icio.us, you can collect your favorites or bookmarks on the web, tag them with keywords, and then access them from any computer. I have stopped using all other bookmarker tools and have imported all my favorites into del.icio.us.

IE 7 is installed on my home computer (but not my work computer) and I recently wanted to add the del.icio.us bookmarklet button using del.icio.us’s instructions. However, in IE7, there is no View Toolbar as the nice tutorial shows (http://del.icio.us/help/video/ielinks) (which was made using Wink, which I have used in the past to make tutorials as well!)

So, instead, I used Google Toolbar to add it to my Google Toolbar, which strikes me as slightly odd, but IE7’s Settings dialog box led me to the Google Toolbar easier than an IE method of adding a button on their toolbar. Here are the steps I used.

  1. In IE 7, click Settings, and then click Options.
  2. Click the Buttons tab on the Toolbar Options dialog box.
  3. Click the Button Gallery Custom button and then click Add.
  4. You’ll go to this website: http://toolbar.google.com/buttons/gallery?hl=en and then do a search for del.icio.us.

There were two available buttons when I looked. Choose one of the buttons and Hey Presto, add it to your Google Toolbar so that a little square button appears.

Now, next time you’re on a page that you want to add to your del.icio.us bookmarks, you click the button in the toolbar and fill out the webform with notes, a description, and tags. Neato.