Living your life the Amazon way with Delicious Library 2
All you have to do to enter an item in your database is scan the product's PC using a webcam. Delicious Library connects to Amazon to determine what that product is. From there, it will download the cover art, detailed description and a host of reviews and additional information.
The program's been around for a few years, but the developers recently released version 2.0. There's a huge list of changes, including the addition of 5 new item categories, which brings the total to 9. You can also view other Delicious Library users' shared libraries from within the application itself instead of going to the web now. Cover art and graphics have a better 3D look to them and scale a lot better too. In addition, the library performance has been improved.
The move from a flat file system to the SQlite database system allows the library to update or add items in seconds, instead of taking several long minutes like before. If you have a rather large database you will definitely appreciate this performance boost.
While the improvements made from the original version are welcomed one thing still remains, Delicious Library 2 only connects to Amazon for its information. If you attempt to catalog something that isn't available on Amazon, say for instance an iPhone, you're left to enter all the information yourself. It's not difficult to do, but it does detract from the whole automatic experience. Hopefully, in upcoming versions an option to select other shopping sites is included.
If you're looking to catalog all your worldly possessions you might want to give Delicious Library 2 a try. While there are areas for improvement, for the most part Delicious Library 2 does it's job admirably.
Delicious Library 2 is a Mac only program available for $40.
