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Re: Show HN: We built an app for reading articles saved for later

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Post by spondyl »

shkliarau wrote: post #2

Hey HN, I'm Fedor, co-founder, and designer of Alfread, read-later app with a focus on the reading habit. Internet is full of talented writers, articles, and newsletters that are worth reading, not just saving. Our goal with Alfread is to create a place that feels exciting to come back to. For new knowledge from your saved articles, for fresh perspectives on old topics, and sometimes for fun! But a read-later app is…

A small quirk of onboarding is that if you select a suggested time slot (ie; when you arrive at work) and go back after thinking "Ah actually, maybe at bed", it doesn't give you the timeslot suggestions again.

Re: Show HN: We built an app for reading articles saved for later

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Post by jeffgreco »

Hey team - been on the hunt for a new read it later app since Instapaper has become unusably buggy and Pocket has issues of its own.

Very first article I tried to pull via my Pocket account didn’t pull the full article though (which I only noticed since I just hopped over from Pocket):

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/w...

Then the very next article I tried only loaded in web view, while it was available as text only in Pocket.

Would love to see additional font options too!

Re: Show HN: We built an app for reading articles saved for later

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Post by shkliarau »

spondyl wrote: post #71
shkliarau wrote: post #2

Hey HN, I'm Fedor, co-founder, and designer of Alfread, read-later app with a focus on the reading habit. Internet is full of talented writers, articles, and newsletters that are worth reading, not just saving. Our goal with Alfread is to create a place that feels exciting to come back to. For new knowledge from your saved articles, for fresh perspectives on old topics, and sometimes for fun! But a read-later app is…

A small quirk of onboarding is that if you select a suggested time slot (ie; when you arrive at work) and go back after thinking "Ah actually, maybe at bed", it doesn't give you the timeslot suggestions again.

Good catch!

Re: Show HN: We built an app for reading articles saved for later

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Post by shkliarau »

theshrike79 wrote: post #61
shkliarau wrote: post #2

Hey HN, I'm Fedor, co-founder, and designer of Alfread, read-later app with a focus on the reading habit. Internet is full of talented writers, articles, and newsletters that are worth reading, not just saving. Our goal with Alfread is to create a place that feels exciting to come back to. For new knowledge from your saved articles, for fresh perspectives on old topics, and sometimes for fun! But a read-later app is…

Add pinboard support for us who don't use Pocket or Instapaper, and you've got at least one extra user :)

We might!

Re: Show HN: We built an app for reading articles saved for later

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Post by shkliarau »

NmAmDa wrote: post #77

Seems like it worth a try. I just installed the app but when I checked I see that it collect location data and link it to the user, I wonder why?

Did you see it on the App Store page? We filled that out wrong: we use the location for location-based notifications if the user sets them but don’t collect any data or even know any personal information as we don’t have accounts. We’ll fix it on the App Store page to avoid the confusion
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