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Re: Google Saves

#41

Post by despinozist » Thu, Apr 07, 2016, 2:21 AM UTC

Thank You.

Re: Google Saves

#42

Post by danso » Thu, Apr 07, 2016, 2:21 AM UTC

nikolay wrote: post #9

How does this work? Why isn't Bookmarks integrated?! Half-baked product that is! Edit: Here's the Chrome Extension [0]! [0]: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/save-to-google/meo...

Thank you for that. I clicked on the submitted link, I got a flash of a splash page that just disappeared because I happened to inadverdently click after the page load. And then a completely empty page that tells me that I have no saves. And literally nothing else to tell me what Google product I've tripped on...a link to the extension that said, "Hey, looks like you need some saves. Install our Chrome extension!"

I'm guessing this is must be a soft launch.

Re: Google Saves

#43

Post by netghost » Thu, Apr 07, 2016, 2:22 AM UTC

keyle wrote: post #6

del.icio.us 2.0? I've already lost all my saves once.

Hey delicious is still around, not great, but around. In fact if you poke around in their UI (I think it was going to export) you can get redirected to one of the old UIs from before it got sold and web2.0y.

Re: Google Saves

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Post by despinozist » Thu, Apr 07, 2016, 2:22 AM UTC

keyle wrote: post #6

del.icio.us 2.0? I've already lost all my saves once.

kippt.com?

Re: Google Saves

#45

Post by mynameisvlad » Thu, Apr 07, 2016, 2:24 AM UTC

joshmn wrote: post #34

verloop wrote: post #24

Leads to 404 for me.

Might be US-only; I was on a VPN, got 404, turned it off, got the site.

I'm in the US and am 404'd.

Re: Google Saves

#46

Post by RivieraKid » Thu, Apr 07, 2016, 2:24 AM UTC

tombert wrote: post #3

The problem I have with Google tech, especially after the new Nest stuff has to come to light, is that there's no guarantee they'll support it for very long. It's entirely possible that I'll incorporate this into my workflow, just for Google to kill it off a year later.

That's true for most free services without ads. These comments always have this sentiment that Google does something wrong, which is simply nonsense IMO.

Re: Google Saves

#47

Post by leemailll » Thu, Apr 07, 2016, 2:26 AM UTC

Everything I learned from past years frustration with google products is that their product survival time is getting shorter and shorter. From Greader's 8 year life span to Glass'SIDS, if we plot the product survival curve maybe we can get a not so nice prediction here.

Re: Google Saves

#48

Post by fidz » Thu, Apr 07, 2016, 2:29 AM UTC

Anyone can get screenshot of this page? Got 404 for me. Seems like it is prohibited in my region (Asia).

Re: Google Saves

#49

Post by personjerry » Thu, Apr 07, 2016, 2:29 AM UTC

mkhalil wrote: post #30

tombert wrote: post #3

The problem I have with Google tech, especially after the new Nest stuff has to come to light, is that there's no guarantee they'll support it for very long. It's entirely possible that I'll incorporate this into my workflow, just for Google to kill it off a year later.

Before even clicking on the comments, I knew this was going to be top comment. And it just goes to show how bad it's gotten lately. But then I think of all the other stuff Google does for free. A company that has so many products and offerings is just bound to have a few that they shut down. Some of them are inexcusable though.

For popular products (especially ones that have been purchased, re: Revolv), they should at least have an advanced warning and a lengthy "transitionary" period.

Re: Google Saves

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Post by ghukill » Thu, Apr 07, 2016, 2:29 AM UTC

Let the record show - this is how people will "bookmark". It's bringing in marked up data from the page, effectively treating websites as little interesting nuggets of data. We won't don't save links to aggregators, we save links to articles, nuggets. The UI is clunky, but it'll get better. Hierarchy is toast, and doesn't scale, welcome to your bag-of-visited-memories-websites-past.