It’s been quite a day. We launched the new Delicious a little before midnight last night, and it was amazing to watch new stacks being created and links being saved on our site just minutes later. Now it’s 20 hours later, and thousands of stacks have already been created. Thanks to everyone who gave stacks a try – please keep sending us feedback on what you think of the experience.
Speaking of feedback, we were thrilled to get so much of it today. Delicious is in “back to beta” mode, after all, and we’re depending on users to help us improve the interface and track down bugs. We spent a lot of time reading user emails and comments across Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, blogs and anywhere else we could think to look. All of it was helpful, and we responded to as many people as we could. For those who haven’t heard from us directly, hopefully this blog post will address your pending question or concern.
First and foremost, all previous Delicious users should know that if you agreed to transfer your data to AVOS, all that information is secure. If you’re not seeing all your bookmarks right now, it’s because we made a late decision to limit the amount of data we initially transferred from Yahoo!. We’ll be restoring all the data into your profile in the coming weeks. We should have made this limitation clearer to everyone from the outset, and I want to apologize for any headaches it has caused or will cause.
Beyond that, our engineers are drilling down on specific issues we’ve heard since the re-launch. We already completed these fixes:
- RSS feeds working (fixed a DNS issue)
- Fixed password reset process
- Resolved bugs in feeds that were blocking link rolls
In addition, we’re working hard to address other issues that users mentioned today, including:
- Fixing browser extensions in IE, Chrome and Firefox
- Adding in tag bundle functionality
- Increasing the number of links per page
- …and many more
For the latest on the status of our features and functionality, your best bet will be to check the Delicious FAQ on our Help page, which will be updated regularly. We’ll also keep you updated on site progress through this blog and the Delicious Twitter feed and Facebook page.
This was an exciting first 20 hours for us, and there’s much more to come, so keep on saving and stacking those links!
- Vijay Karunamurthy, Chief Engineer
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