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

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I created a read-later service pre-Instapaper ca. ~2005 and only recently ditched all of them after having ~10k articles in the queue. Today I only use Safari's reading list and purge it every morning. If it's important/really interesting, I'll read it immediately — all these services just provide peace of mind but won't solve the time or discipline issue.

Sounds like a solid workflow! "Purging it every morning" sounds key here since you don't let it sit for ages

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

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Are there any plans to be able to export highlights? Sync with Evernote would be ideal. I connect [NeuraCache]( https://neuracache.com ) to my Evernote for spaced repetition and this would be an awesome fit.

For now there's Readwise integration that lets you export highlights from Alfread to Readwise to then Evernote: https://www.roxinekee.com/blog/readwise No immediate plans to export highlights to Evernote directly for now though. NeuraCache looks really interesting, thanks for sharing!

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

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Second this. I have a lot of stuff I save for later and just don't get around to reading, been looking for a solution.

Have you found/tried any?

No but thinking of hacking something together myself.

I share links with telegram.

It then blasts me with reminders during set hours or if one of the articles is trending fast.

I can remove from list once read.

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

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Liking it so far. You do a good job of explaining how to activate the share extension, which is not an easy task! One low-hanging fruit is to have an option for the page background color to match the system theme dynamically, instead of having to set it into day/night mode manually each time. I also sent you guys a separate email regarding a collaboration possibility with my company's reading enhancement tech. I hope…

The theme should match the background automatically , it doesn't work for you? Will look into the email today, thank you!

You're right — the theme does match the system theme automatically! The UI in the Aa setting doesn't indicate this will happen, but it's a nice surprise that the default behavior is to match the system theme. Well done!
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