Ask HN: If you coded your own bookmarking service, what features would it have?
Here are some ideas:- add notes, highlight, comment- full text search- offline access to the page- read later email notifications- share privately with coworkers
pingmeanytime
Re:Ask HN: If you coded your own bookmarking service, what features wo...
on Friday May 09, 2014 @03:14PM (#7722765)
I think you mean point 3
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on Friday May 09, 2014 @02:29PM (#7722517)
Excellent summary. Regarding number 2, how do you think the context problem could be solved? The application can save the tab history of how you got to the page, but then you would need to install a plugin and possibly send navigation info to an online service. Or you could add a note to the saved bookmark, but now it requires some of your time.
Re:Ask HN: If you coded your own bookmarking service, what features wo...
on Friday May 09, 2014 @01:58PM (#7722303)
I agree with you that user experience is important, but seeing so many alternatives that fail makes me wonder if maybe what is needed is a disruptive feature such offline access. Pinboard has everything you need to bookmark and is fast, pleople love it. However it does not have offline access to files and I wonder if that would make the difference for some people.
Re:Ask HN: If you coded your own bookmarking service, what features wo...
on Friday May 09, 2014 @01:26PM (#7722074)
Thx for the answer. Let me deep some more. Every month comes up a new bookmarking service with a very cool interface but it never get adoption and last less than a year. What exactly would make the difference for you?