Module 4 - Downloads/Upgrades

I have a relatively new computer and it has been setup with a family in mind (teenager needing to research assignments and socialise, husband wanting to play games and me bringing work home and participating in this course), and therefore I already had a lot of the plug-ins and latest editions setup. With this in mind, to complete this task I decided to upgrade Adobe’s PDF Reader and to download and use the bookmark manager Delicious.com on my work computer.

Upgrade Adobe’s PDF Reader.

This upgrade was a simple procedure of clicking on the Upgrade Button; the procedure took about a minute or two to complete, and I wasn’t required to re-start my computer (a fact that surprised me as I have previously always had to restart my computer when upgrades have been completed).

I use PDF files a lot at work and like them as downloads on the Internet. I find that they are convenient and easy to download and send as attachments.

Delicious.com:

I have a lot of bookmarked sites that I visit regularly (E-bay, NRL Official site, banks, Curtin University, etc), filed into separate files in a somewhat orderly fashion. So when I read about Delicious.com on the Net11 Discussion Board, I was interested to check it out to see if it would make bookmarking easier.

Downloading was easy and relatively painless (although I had three goes at getting a satisfactory Username!). Waiting for the email to complete the download process took a little longer than anticipated but once it was received I was pleased with the product. I am still fiddling around with it and getting use to all that it can offer. I like being able to retrieve a bookmarked page on any computer anywhere, I like being able to write briefly what the site is about and I like being able to “tag” a site for easy referencing. It is the epitome of Web 2.0, being able to share my bookmarked pages with other users and other users being able to share with me, and being able to see what other people are viewing regularly.

This is one application that I definitely want to explore more and am sure will be very helpful in the future.