Show HN: gi.st – the gist of the web
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#2It tots works! Super cool, I could see myself getting addicted to this tool.
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#3A gist 'filter' or something would be easier, just on all the time, instead of cut and paste the url. easy if it were a pop up that kicks in automatically everytime you go to a new web site or hover over a link - could fade out after 5 seconds if not hovered over ?
Re: Show HN: gi.st – the gist of the web
#4A gist 'filter' or something would be easier, just on all the time, instead of cut and paste the url. easy if it were a pop up that kicks in automatically everytime you go to a new web site or hover over a link - could fade out after 5 seconds if not hovered over ?
Yup. We'll release a chrome plugin shortly that provides the quick gist of whatever page you happen to be on, so as to avoid having to actually go to the site and submit a url. More convenient for the regular user.
In addition, we'll release the api so that people can build their own tools if they wish.
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#5Very nice. I'd be interested in playing around with the api.
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#6Very nice. I'd be interested in playing around with the api.
Ya, the website shown here doesn't have privileged access to the api. So, short of some basic rate limiting, we can release the same api the website uses to the public as a start.
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#7Be nice if there was a "Latest" tab or something that showed what had recently been gisted.
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#8Be nice if there was a "Latest" tab or something that showed what had recently been gisted.
+1 on the list!
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#9I like the concept and it would be great if we could personalize this app a bit more. For instance, I want “History” tab which shows all my gists.
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#10The web is a big place. What's the strategy around seeding it with useful gists so it can gain critical mass? Have you thought about focusing on a niche (say, TED talks?) or possibly automatically summarizing pages? The latter could be tricky as incorrectly or poorly summarized pages would detract users from the site.