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Propeller Launches New Version, Here’s a Bookmarklet

You might have heard that social news site Propeller has launched a new version of the site. The site was given a new design and a number of new features, most notably a Groups feature similar to sub-reddits on reddit.

If you submit as much news to Propeller as I do, you probably have become dependent on their submission bookmarklet. Since the new site doesn’t have a bookmarklet yet, here’s an unofficial one that will work in the meantime. To use it, just save or drag the following link to your bookmarks toolbar:

Prop It

… and then click it when you are viewing an article you would like to submit to Propeller.

By Derek van Vliet, July 23rd, 2008 | Tags: , , | Category: Social Media
  • Wait-a-second
    The new version of Propeller is an abomination: a hard to navigate, can't-get-there-from-here-'cause-the-function-doesn't-work, blasphemous piece of flotsam polluting up the Internet.

    Just so ya know.
  • Thanks for this! While I don't know how I feel about the new look, I'm trying to give it a chance.
  • Richtech
    Hello,

    In addition to everything discussed above, I happen to be one of those "old timers" who still uses Netscape v7.2 email. I have been using various versions of Netscape for over 10 years now, always finding it to be more stable, more reliable, and less prone to viruses, than its counterparts (Outlook, etc.).

    Previously, Propeller v1.0 would display an introduction page with various links to Propeller articles when I started using my client based email. This gave me the incentive to visit those links and join into the discussion.

    But this is what is always displayed now:
    404: Page not Found
    Sorry, but the page you are looking for has not been found. Try checking the URL for errors, then hit the refresh button on your browser.
    PROPELLER

    What happened to my introduction link on my Netscape email client? While I may be one of the few that still uses Netscape 7.2 browser, it happens to be one of the best combination all-in-one systems: browser, email client, spell check, and html webpage editor all wrapped into one. Most especially, the html webpage editor is far more advanced than any supposedly free ones I have found, and it's truly free.

    My efforts to find a newer system (Firefox, Explorer, Opera, etc.), have been a failure to find such an all-in-one browser. With that said, I will refuse to upgrade until such a thing does finally exist.

    This poses the problem of enduring continued announcements of this horrible 404 error, and the ugly cartoon man with the stupid propeller cap, when ever I use my email.

    Prior to Propeller's existence, the introduction page on my email client directed me to Netscape's news website, which I used extensively. But Propeller came along (replacing Netscape's startup page), and it became part of my day to day life instead of the occasional visit to Netscape's news website.

    Please, at the very least, fix this small problem. It's just a missing supported web link, and can be restored with little effort.

    -richtech
  • Hmm...tried to prop this story with the bookmarklet but it just reacted the way the old bookmarklet did (i.e. asking me to start over)....am I doing something wrong?
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