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A couple months ago I was griping about BlinkList’s export ability. In short, you could export, but there really wasn’t much you could actually do with that export that didn’t involve some pretty serious hoop-jumping.

Fortunately, that’s all in the past now. MindValley, the company behind BlinkList, have a blog post up this morning announcing that “BlinkList Users Have Full Control of Their Links.” In particular, there are now four new formats for exporting and importing:

1. XML - this one retains all of your data including favorite tags, ratings, etc.
2. CSV - this one allows you to rapidly edit your bookmarks in Excel.
3. HTML - if you want your blinks in your browser this one is for you (although you can also use “live bookmarks” from FireFox to synch your bookmarks).
4. JSON - this one is for all the developers out there. [...]

Good stuff and very welcome!

5 Responses to “BlinkList Unleashes the Data”

1. Mike on November 14th, 2006 5:56 pm
   

   Yup, I remember your blog post! As I have always said, our community is key and we listen to what they have to say. Thanks for helping us improve our product and I am happy to see that you like this new improvement.

   We have a lot more exciting enhancements in store for you. Just wait and see.

2. Chris on November 14th, 2006 9:31 pm
   

   Hey Mike - looking forward to the new enhancements!

3. Ivan on November 16th, 2006 9:57 am
   

   Hello!
   1st of all, thanks for the posts!
   And… I wanna ask you if any of this new formats… are compatible with del.icio.us import.
   Thanx

4. Chris on November 16th, 2006 8:40 pm
   

   Yep, it imports just fine.

5. Iván on November 18th, 2006 3:18 am
   

   Wow… it works! It imports to del.icio.us and the tags still are intact! YEAH!
   The one that works for del.icio.us is the third one: “Backup your links in your Browser”

   Thanks again!!

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