Delicious 2.0

Delicious has given its website a new name and a face lift with a new interface that Delicious describes as "faster" and "easier to learn." The new website, delicious.com, replaced the old one, del.icio.us. The Delicious team explained that the major reason for moving the site was the confusion about the spelling of the old version.^{1 2}

The change has been long awaited, as many have been talking about the new site ever since Yahoo! provided a private preview back in September 6, 2007.^{3 1}

Fast Facts

1. Launched: July 31, 2008¹
2. Site moved from del.icio.us to Delicious.com¹
3. Delicious was founded on November 1, 2003¹
4. Delicious was acquired by Yahoo! on December 1, 2005¹
5. Delicious has over 5 million users²

Quotes

• "The old back-end was getting creaky under the load of five million users."—The Delicious Team²
• "We’ve moved to a new infrastructure that makes every page faster. This new platform will keep up with traffic growth while ensuring Delicious is responsive and reliable."—The Delicious Team²
• "We’ve completely overhauled our search engine to make it faster and more powerful.You can search within one of your tags, another user’s public bookmarks or your social network."—The Delicious Team²
• "Our goal has been to keep the new design similar in spirit to the old one, so all of you veterans should be able to jump in without any confusion. At the same time, we’re hoping that newcomers to Delicious will find it easier to learn."—The Delicious Team²

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