One of my favorite add-ons for Firefox is for Del.icio.us. It allows easy access to all of your posted bookmarks on Del.icio.us but more importantly is the ease of use for adding a bookmark; One click and you are taken to the ‘Post to Del.icio.us’ page to add your link, notes, and tags.

For those of you who don’t know, Del.icio.us is a social bookmarking site and tool where you can both post your bookmarks as well as view what others are bookmarking.

As a Safari user, there are no plug-ins and no add-ons that support a simple Del.icio.us bookmarking interface. Fortunately, there is a little Java Script that can be used to make this task much easier.

What to Do…

First of all, you will want to head over to the Del.icio.us site and drag their ‘Bookmark on Delicious’ link into the menu bar of Safari (as seen above). Once this is accomplished you could probably be done. But, lets use a keyboard shortcut to take us to that bookmark. If you have placed your bookmark as I have, in the first position, all you need to do is press  + 1 and then you will be directed to the Del.icio.us ‘post’ page in which you can modify the title, add notes, and add tags.

This is the simplest way to bookmark a webpage that I have ever used. Your hands never need to leave the keyboard - and that’s what I’m all about.

The provided keyboard shortcut also works with any other bookmarks that are stored in the menu bar, simple press  + _ (number) and you are directed to that site.