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Re: Show HN: Pins – A modern Pinboard app for iOS/macOS

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Post by quanganhdo »

poletopole wrote: post #3
quanganhdo wrote: post #2

Just released my new Pinboard app for iOS 14 and macOS Big Sur called Pins. I've been looking for a good Pinboard app but most have been discontinued or rarely have any updates in the last few years. So I took the matter in my own hands and built one. Pins is free to try — give it a look if you're a happy Pinboard user like me!

Hi, I was just looking for a good iPadOS bookmark app last night, so I was surprised to see this. I downloaded your app but I have a question: do I have to connect/login to pinboard in order to create a new bookmark? I tried clicking “Done” button and the app does nothing.

Yeah your Pinboard account has to be connected in order to create a new bookmark. You can either use your Pinboard username/password combo or just the API token. Your password isn't stored on the device anyway — it's just used to retrieve the API token and save you a few clicks.

Re: Show HN: Pins – A modern Pinboard app for iOS/macOS

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Post by quanganhdo »

skinnymuch wrote: post #4

Awesome! Spillo on Mac was getting old so this is great. Excited to try this across iOS and Mac.

Glad to know! The apps are free-to-try and you have access to pretty much every feature with some limitations. It's built for modern devices running iOS 14 and Big Sur so system integration is prioritized well: Spotlight support, Shortcuts integration, Widgets, etc.

Re: Show HN: Pins – A modern Pinboard app for iOS/macOS

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Post by timf »

skinnymuch wrote: post #7
timf wrote: post #5

Thank you for this! I've been unhappy with the iOS options recently (bugs, no one replying to bug reports, etc). So far your app is working better than the other choices and it handled my 15k+ bookmark collection easily. The most important feature for me is being able to use the iOS share function and quickly add something with tags (and tag auto-complete). It would have been nice to test that ahead of the in-app pur…

Tag autocomplete is available after purchasing? I didn’t see it under the list of unlock features. Though I’d probably be more interested in how the Mac app works unless Pins also gets Pushpin’s feature of showing you how many times you’ve used tags during auto complete.

Just to clarify what I was saying, the iOS share extension (including tags and tag-autocompletion) is the most important feature to me and the share extension is only available after unlock. Tag autocompletion will work elsewhere as the author replied.

Re: Show HN: Pins – A modern Pinboard app for iOS/macOS

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Post by cawlin »

quanganhdo wrote: post #2

Just released my new Pinboard app for iOS 14 and macOS Big Sur called Pins. I've been looking for a good Pinboard app but most have been discontinued or rarely have any updates in the last few years. So I took the matter in my own hands and built one. Pins is free to try — give it a look if you're a happy Pinboard user like me!

So far this looks great. The share interface seems nice which is about the only thing I use these apps for to be honest. Anything that makes that faster to fill out is a win in my books.

Re: Show HN: Pins – A modern Pinboard app for iOS/macOS

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Post by quanganhdo »

timf wrote: post #13
skinnymuch wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Tag autocomplete is available after purchasing? I didn’t see it under the list of unlock features. Though I’d probably be more interested in how the Mac app works unless Pins also gets Pushpin’s feature of showing you how many times you’ve used tags during auto complete.

Just to clarify what I was saying, the iOS share extension (including tags and tag-autocompletion) is the most important feature to me and the share extension is only available after unlock. Tag autocompletion will work elsewhere as the author replied.

Actually the share extension is available before unlocking with one limitation: You can use it once every 5 minutes. Something weird may be going on with iOS so sometimes you have to restart the device for new share extensions to show up. This is outside my control.

Re: Show HN: Pins – A modern Pinboard app for iOS/macOS

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Post by quanganhdo »

cawlin wrote: post #14
quanganhdo wrote: post #2

Just released my new Pinboard app for iOS 14 and macOS Big Sur called Pins. I've been looking for a good Pinboard app but most have been discontinued or rarely have any updates in the last few years. So I took the matter in my own hands and built one. Pins is free to try — give it a look if you're a happy Pinboard user like me!

So far this looks great. The share interface seems nice which is about the only thing I use these apps for to be honest. Anything that makes that faster to fill out is a win in my books.

Browsing your old bookmarks and looking for something you saved in the past is valuable as well. Pins comes with full-text search support and a On This Day page for all your nostalgic need.

Re: Show HN: Pins – A modern Pinboard app for iOS/macOS

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Post by timf »

quanganhdo wrote: post #15
timf wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just to clarify what I was saying, the iOS share extension (including tags and tag-autocompletion) is the most important feature to me and the share extension is only available after unlock. Tag autocompletion will work elsewhere as the author replied.

Actually the share extension is available before unlocking with one limitation: You can use it once every 5 minutes. Something weird may be going on with iOS so sometimes you have to restart the device for new share extensions to show up. This is outside my control.

Cool. I also saw "Save to Pinboard share extension" on the list of unlock features which also led me to believe it was only available that way. Anyhow, it's working well and thanks again.

Re: Show HN: Pins – A modern Pinboard app for iOS/macOS

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Post by quanganhdo »

t-mw wrote: post #17

Looks great. Unfortunately login with api token doesn't seem to work for me on iOS ("Invalid login credentials"). Also tried resetting my token.

That sounds weird. I know this is not ideal but you can also use the password option - it isn’t stored on device and only used once to retrieve the API token. All subsequent requests use that token as well.

I added that so less savvy users can still log in easily without having to hunt for the token.

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