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Show HN: I wrote my own Delicious clone

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Re: Show HN: I wrote my own Delicious clone

#26

Post by joshuarr »

cheald wrote: post #8
Vekz wrote: post #7

Can I import my Delicious data to this?

Yup. Once you log in there's an import tool that'll import any standard Netscape bookmarks file, which is what Delicious exports as.

I'd mention that fact on the landing page. It seems more important than the domain name stuff (which I'd remove, personally).

It may be also a good idea to let people import their bookmarks and then make an account.

Edit: I see now that in the But... section you mention the import thing. I'd rewrite your main headings to be more persuasive. If one just reads the titles and the first paragraph then one misses the important stuff (as evidenced by my post).

Re: Show HN: I wrote my own Delicious clone

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Post by shazow »

Fantastic.

Signed in using Twitter OAuth, imported my Delicious backup, completely painless.

Now if you release an API and people make awesome Chrome/Firefox extensions, you're on your way to sell this beauty to Yahoo! :P

Edit: Looks like the Settings page is a bit broken, but I'm sure it'll be fixed soon. Bonus points if you import my profile data from Twitter. :)

Re: Show HN: I wrote my own Delicious clone

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Post by cheald »

shazow wrote: post #27

Fantastic. Signed in using Twitter OAuth, imported my Delicious backup, completely painless. Now if you release an API and people make awesome Chrome/Firefox extensions, you're on your way to sell this beauty to Yahoo! :P Edit: Looks like the Settings page is a bit broken, but I'm sure it'll be fixed soon. Bonus points if you import my profile data from Twitter. :)

API is on the shortlist. It's a Rails 3 app, so json/XML feeds of views are trivial.

And hey, if Yahoo wanted to buy it, I'd be more than willing to let them kill it for the right price. At which point I could write another. :P

I do some minor profile import from Twitter right now (just your name, if available), but the data's cached locally if I add profile fields in the future.

The settings page is busted because of a fix I just made - Devise doesn't seem to like delegated auth accounts without a password. I'll see what I can do to fix it up.

Re: Show HN: I wrote my own Delicious clone

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Post by cheald »

dekz wrote: post #24

Password is too long (maximum is 20 characters) :( Looks good otherwise, especially for a overnight hack.

I'll take a look - that seems wacky. I'm using devise for authentication and it probably has that set as a default somewhere. Passwords are stored as bcrypt hashes, so length shouldn't matter.

Edit: Max length bumped to 80. If anyone has a legit need past that, let me know :P

Re: Show HN: I wrote my own Delicious clone

#30

Post by cheald »

Infomus wrote: post #21

This is really great. But - http://blog.delicious.com/ Delicious is not shutting down.

Well, on one hand, yay. On the other hand, it's a shame that Yahoo won't devote resources to it. On the third, mutant hand, they should make room in the market for my hobby project! :D
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