3x3Links Bookmark Button for Chrome

Do you sometimes wish to be able to add a website you are just browsing to your 3x3Links page? There is an extension for that!

The 3x3Links Bookmark button will be added to your Chrome Navigation Bar.

Your will be able to display your 3x3Links page by entering your 'No Sign-In required' Link ID.

Clicking on an empty spot will allow your to bookmark the current website!

Links:
Download Chrome Beta with Extensions
Download the 3x3Links Bookmark Button Extension

This is a kind of a Christmas present for all you Chrome and 3x3Links users out there. Once HTML Extensions are available for Firefox, we will add this feature there too.


Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2010!
Federico of 3x3Links

Chrome: Load 3x3Links when opening new tab

Until now it was not possible to customize the website displayed when opening a new tab in Google's Chrome Browser: Always the default Chrome homepage was displayed. With the newest Google Chrome Beta build this changes with the introduction of Extensions for Google Chrome (similar to Firefox Add-ons).

Now you can decide which website to be displayed when opening a new tab, either via the "New Tab" button or by using the keyboard shortcut CTRL+T.

How to:

1. Download and install the Google Chrome Beta to be able to install Extensions or wait until the Gold Version supports Extensions.
   
2. Download the Chrome Extension New Tab Website.
3. Set up your Encrypted 'No Sign-In required' Link as your website to open on new tab.
4. Enjoy :)

Adding a little bit more security with SSL support

Dear 3x3Links user,
we just enabled TLS/SSL on our site.
This means that the traffic from your computer to 3x3Links can be now completely encrypted.

Until know, you might have use a similar URL to access your 3x3Page without signing in:

http://www.3x3links.com/?open=4029e12eaca6a29d14d44de44541ed4e8 (Sample)

While this URL remains valid, we recommend to switch now to the secure HTTPS (or TLS/SSL) one:

https://3x3links.appspot.com/?open=4029e12eaca6a29d14d44de44541ed4e8 (Sample)

Important:

• The open parameter remains the same.
• All existing links keep on working
  
• The appspot Domain is the official domain of the Google App Engine Framework, 3x3Links is hosted upon.
• If you are using 3x3 as your company intranet startpage, we strongly recommend to use the new secure URL.

If you have any questions, please drop a comment below or use the Options - Contact formular on 3x3Links.

Three new Features: Background color, Owner and Subtitles

#1 Change the background color of your 3x3Page
Go to Options - Personal Link. Beside uploading and positioning a background image, you can now also choose a background color, either via a color picker (by jscolor), or by typing the color code.

#2 Show who created this public 3x3Page
As a new commercial 3x3Page feature, you are now able to define the creator of the 3x3Page by his name, website and a website title. Those information are used to build a hyperlink.
Commercial pages are intended to be shared with a global audiance, not only a restricted circle.

#3 Describe your links

Go to Customize - List View. Inside your link table, a new field is available called subtitle. If available, a subtitle is displayed when stopping your mouse over a link.
In addition, a real 'subtitle' is displayed on the bottom of your Commercial 3x3Page when moving your mouse over a link (see below).


Example:
How you could use all this nice little features (Live Demo):

More features to come!

3x3Links hits Japan! Should we localize 3x3Links?

I'm so happy about 3x3Links being noticed in Japan:

The Japanese Webmarketing Blog http://web-marketing.zako.org/ wrote a very detailed article about 3x3Links with a lot of images, even from 3x3 running on a Android phone (I used Google Translate to read it).

Also I notices already Germany, Italian and Polish blogs writing about 3x3Links and now even Japan!

The question is: Does 3x3 need localization? Should we focus on creating German, Polish and Japanese translations of 3x3Links or continue introducing new enhancements? Any volunteers for translating 3x3? :)

What is 3x3Links about?

Joel Spolsky asked on his Blog: "What is your company about?", and successfully answered this question for his company, Fog Creek Software. Motivated by this, we tried to answer the same question for 3x3Links:

3x3Links: We help users to organize their favorite websites and to access those lightning fast on any computer.

Lets dismantle this statement to verify it's fitting:

"organize": You can group your favorites into folders based on the topic or related activity, e.g. Shopping, Entertainment or Socializing.

"lightning fast": #1 The 3x3 page design is quite minimal and we have some cruel rules to keep the overall performance fast, e.g. website logos must be smaller than 5kb and all users share the same logos. Still, we feel there is some space left for improvement in the future.
#2 We have a unique keyboard shortcut key concept allowing you access up to 729 of your favorite links in under one second.

"any computer": 3x3 is web-based and can be accessed from every computer either using your personal key (for safe locations) or your personal url (for unsafe locations) without the need to sign in.

Do you think we managed it to describe 3x3Links correctly?

Happy Birthday 3x3Links: Users may have multiple 3x3Pages now.

When a web service like 3x3Links grows one year older, there is always some kind of gift - not for the service, but for it's users. It's the same with 3x3Links, which becomes one year old today.

We are happy to announce 3x3Pages. Each 3x3User can now create not only one 3x3 Homepage, but unlimited ones. Create a 3x3Page for your personal use, work, hobby or just favorite topic.

Share your 3x3Page about your favorite topic by listing it in search engines. Other surfers might profit from your knowledge and your 3x3Page.

How to create a topic-related, public 3x3Page

1. Sign in with your Google Account to 3x3Links.
2. On the top right, click "My Pages".
3. Click "Create a new 3x3Page".
4. Set up your Links by clicking "Customize".
5. Go to "Options" > "Personal Link" and define a Personal Link and a Caption for your 3x3Page matching your topic.
   
6. Set How will you use 3x3Links? to "Commercial" and check "List in search engines". Don't worry, we will not charge you for this.
   
7. You are done, your page is public and can be seen in the 3x3Directory.
8. Switch between your 3x3Pages by clicking "My Pages" and selecting your desired page.

If you have any problems, use the contact form to drop us a line. We will try to help you.
Otherwise, have fun creating a lot of useful 3x3Pages.

Update:
Some pics from the tiny 3x3Birthday Event. *sweet*