NetNewsWire and Delicious
Mac Tip #326, 20 February 2008
NetNewsWire is all about reading newsfeeds. The articles in those feeds are sometimes things you’d like to bookmark, for yourself or others, or that you’d like to post about in your own blog.
NetNewsWire includes tools to make both activities easier. It also works in together with other software such as Pukka for posting links to Delicious and Mars Edit for posting articles to blogs.
First, of course, you need to set up a (free) Delicious account, and / or a blog. I suggest the free WordPress.com if you don’t already have a blog.
Bookmark a post on Delicious
If you’re reading an item you’d like to bookmark on Delicious go to News — Post to del.icio.us. The screenshot shows me clicking a Toolbar button to send a bookmark to Delicious.
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What happens next depends on several settings. In this case, my settings are to use NetNewsWire to post items to Delicious, and I’m not currently logged in, so a window appears where I can log in.
After logging I fill in details for this bookmark and save it. Finally I close the bookmarking window.
I actually normally use software called Pukka for sending bookmarks to Delicious. It costs US$15.
To use Pukka or another bookmarking method instead of the built-in NetNewsWire method open the NetNewsWire Preferences and click on Posting. Choose your preferred bookmarking technique from the ‘Post to del.icio.us using’ dropdown.
Next time you bookmark a post, your preferred technique will come into play. For me, that means Pukka opens up, providing a window where I can edit details before sending the bookmark to Delicious.
Coming soon: NetNewsWire and posting to a blog.
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