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Raindrop: All-in-One Bookmark Manager

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Re: Raindrop: All-in-One Bookmark Manager

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post #3

Just use the notion clipper instead. Used this before but didn't provide much improvement on other solutions.

You're comparing apples to oranges. Raindrop doesn't need to be installed (on desktop, different thing if you want to use their app on mobile). And it lets you categorize your stuff in folders _and_ tags and give each of them a representative icon. I've using this as a complement to the 'Saved' feature of Feedly and frankly despite the web ui being a little clunky it works really great.

All those are simple to set up in Notion. Both run via web app and can include categories, tags and additional information. They certainly target different audiences, but in my experience Notion isn't missing anything Raindrop has, it just adds more functionality. Raindrop works well, no doubt. It just doesn't add much functionality to browser based bookmarking.

Re: Raindrop: All-in-One Bookmark Manager

#12

Please open source this and then add features like Google Drive/Dropbox backup, etc. as enterprise.

BrainTool[1] is a similar bookmarking extension that is open source[2] and syncs data to a plain text file (org-mode format) on Google Drive.

[1] https://braintool.org [2] https://github.com/tconfrey/BrainTool

Re: Raindrop: All-in-One Bookmark Manager

#13

Please open source this and then add features like Google Drive/Dropbox backup, etc. as enterprise.

Raindrop web, mobile, and desktop apps are on Github [1], none of the repos have licenses though. It has support for Dropbox and Google Drive backups [2].

1. https://github.com/raindropio

2. https://help.raindrop.io/backups#automatic

Re: Raindrop: All-in-One Bookmark Manager

#15
I used it for a year until maybe 12 months ago. The one thing that made me leave was that everything was juat slow enough to irritate me. Not crazy slow, but not very responsive either. When looking for a bookmark in a folder and each folder takes a couple seconds to load, then your browse becomes tedious.

I like that there's a good export function though, being able to be non committal to a tool is a prime feature IMO

Re: Raindrop: All-in-One Bookmark Manager

#16
post #14

I'd be down with this if it used the OS sync (iCloud / Google Drive etc) and wasn't a subscription. As it stands, it looks like it charges monthly just to use a sync that I can't trust.

I am using Raindrop and it syncs seamlessly between all my devices despite not ever paying for it.

Re: Raindrop: All-in-One Bookmark Manager

#18
post #7

The NewsBlur RSS reader just added support for Raindrop.io, allowing you you to share a feed item and have it saved in Raindrop with categories and tags. https://forum.newsblur.com/t/feature-request-support-for-rai...

If you use RSS it may also appeal to you that Raindrop supports creating public RSS feeds from collections.

Re: Raindrop: All-in-One Bookmark Manager

#19

I used it for a year until maybe 12 months ago. The one thing that made me leave was that everything was juat slow enough to irritate me. Not crazy slow, but not very responsive either. When looking for a bookmark in a folder and each folder takes a couple seconds to load, then your browse becomes tedious. I like that there's a good export function though, being able to be non committal to a tool is a prime feature I…

Have been using raindrop for a couple months. Maybe it varies by collection size or location, but I rarely experience a request that takes more than a sec to complete.
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