Adobe Illustrator CS3 has provided an integrated search function with del.icio.us, the social bookmarking tool. This is designed as an informational resource for Illustrator users.

It works like this: from your Adobe Illustrator application, you can go to the "Window" menu, then to "Adobe Labs" and onto "knowhow." From here, you can see the contextual help for the tool you are using, or choose the option for searching the Internet for more help. One of the tabs for this additional search option bears the del.icio.us logo, which directs you to the del.icio.us bookmarks that have been saved for Adobe Illustrator.

This began when Adobe found that several developers were offering help and discussions around Illustrator tools, and wanted to find the best way to collect and share this type of collaboration. So Adobe created a del.icio.us account to begin collecting the best bookmarks around. This is now available to you, directly from Illustrator.

This is an interesting way of leveraging the larger and very knowledgeable community, rewarding them for their loyalty and continued efforts, and utilizing an existing search and sharing community. This is just another way Adobe is reaching out, in a sense, to developers, which proves a most useful tactic for engaging them for ongoing use of its applications.

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