Lots of Lists with Listable

This is a nifty idea. Have a place where people can make lists of various online resources, share the lists, comment on them, and vote on the Web resources included in the lists. Potentially quite useful! I just wish there were more comments and a couple extra features... Listable is in beta at http://www.listible.com/. (And if I pay attention I can get through this whole writeup without typing Lunchables instead of Listable.)

Listable starts out with several different lists on the front pages, as well as pointers to RSS feeds and a tag search box (popular tags are shown as well.) At this writing lists on the front page include "Best "Music Recommender" Websites", "Free blog hosts", and "K2 Styles for Wordpress". I did a search for Firefox and got 3 results, choosing to look at "Best Firefox Extensions for Power Users".

The list's page has a brief overview of the list at top including the number of resources it has and when it was created. Underneath that are the resources themselves. Resources included title/link, brief description, who submitted it and when, and, to the left of the resource, a tally of how people voted for the resource (good / bad) expressed as percentage. I wish the number of people who voted were included. A vote of %75 good / 25% bad is much more weighty for me when generated by the votes of 5000 people instead of the votes of 4.

Beneath the resources there are also comments, which might ask questions or point to additional information for that list. There were not as many comments as I would hope; the ones I saw were generally useful. If you want to submit a list yourself vote on a resource, or leave a comment, you'll have to register. Registration is free and requires only nickname, password, and an e-mail address.

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