How many of you made the switch from Windows 3.11 (or WFW 3.1) to Windows 95? Come on.. I know there’s more of a couple of you that have. What was one of the biggest difference between the two OSs? Better network drivers?  Improved memory management?  Unified driver model?

I would hazard to say that one of the biggest differences was the ability to do most operations in the OS in more than one way.  Sure, now we take it for granted; but back then it was huge.  There were a lot more right-click context menus.  The control panel was completely overhauled.  For the first time in Windows, you were able to tasks such as changing your background image either from the control panel or directly from a right-click on the desktop.

Keep this in mind as we explore Diigo, the web bookmarking research tool and community.  As I researched it for this review, I got the same feeling of having multiple paths to a goal.  The developers tried very hard to let you use the service the way that best fits your workflow.  And that isn’t a bad thing!

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