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Pocket gets worse the more you use it (2019)

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Re: Pocket gets worse the more you use it (2019)

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Post by tra3 »

darkteflon wrote: post #24

I’ve tried all the third party services for archiving interesting things over the years but nothing beats saving everything to your local filesystem using [SingleFile]( https://github.com/gildas-lormeau/SingleFile ) and using a full-text search frontend over the directory (something like Houdahspot, for example). SingleFile even has an iOS extension (and easySearch is very nice for iOS search - although not quite as…

This is amazing, looks like there's a cli version too: https://github.com/gildas-lormeau/single-file-cli

Presumably you can roll your own pocket now.

Re: Pocket gets worse the more you use it (2019)

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Post by progman32 »

BigElephant wrote: post #25
serf wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

i'm with you as long as -- by design -- it consists of the plainest of plain text, and will migrate with me along my life. otherwise all the shine and chrome in the world won't make it superior to a filing cabinet and some free time. that's the difficulty point for all of these personal PIM type tools, they all have their own biased view on things like file format and 'touchability' of stored data in the (unannounced…

Why only plain text? Images have a lot of value

I'm not the op but posted about my own text system. In short, I never used images in my notes even when adding them was easy, so I saved myself the trouble of having to deal with rich document formats. With the goal of portability and tool agnosticism in mind, I believe a plain text file is better for me. Everything can break or be replaced, yet I'll be able to continue my work habits using nothing more than notepad or even EDIT.EXE. I'm reasonably confident markdown or html will be readable for a long time, but I value ultra simplicity here. I think ultimately it's a matter of personal taste.

When I produce images, it's nearly always in the context of a project, which has a wiki or other system. But that's outside of what I'd personally call "notes".

Re: Pocket gets worse the more you use it (2019)

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Post by hamsterbase »

Dr4kn wrote: post #73
hamsterbase wrote: post #68

Most "read it later" services save web pages on their servers, which cannot preserve paywalls, ad-free content, pages that require login or registration, and pages on a local network. Sharing why I decided to develop my own "read it later" software. 1. I have a habit of saving web pages I like, most of which are in MHTML format, some are saved as single-file HTML, and others are web archives saved on iOS. Altogether,…

What is your program called?

https://hamsterbase.com

Re: Pocket gets worse the more you use it (2019)

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Post by poisonborz »

hamsterbase wrote: post #68

Most "read it later" services save web pages on their servers, which cannot preserve paywalls, ad-free content, pages that require login or registration, and pages on a local network. Sharing why I decided to develop my own "read it later" software. 1. I have a habit of saving web pages I like, most of which are in MHTML format, some are saved as single-file HTML, and others are web archives saved on iOS. Altogether,…

Looks cool, but writing "pay for what you need" and no pricing info on the page is really off-putting.

Re: Pocket gets worse the more you use it (2019)

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Post by ishanjain28 »

My pocket subscription renewal is coming up. After 8-10years of using pocket, I'll not be renewing it anymore. It was a decent product that just got worse over time and I just don't see them improving it anymore. Pinboard was a decent alternative but now that's not an option anymore. I'll be checking out the third newer option, raindrop I think.

Re: Pocket gets worse the more you use it (2019)

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Post by chrisdbanks »

gxqoz wrote: post #38

Very much agree that Pocket has gotten worse as I've used it over the years. It's so bad I've mostly moved to the much better Readwise ( https://readwise.io/ ). I'd be fully over if they actually supported a decent export (see below). It's sad because I'm probably in the 99th percentile of Pocket users in terms of usage and am happily paying them for Premium. I can't remember a significant improvement to Pocket in 2…

Ditto. Recently moved from Pocket to Readwise and it's so much better. Readwise also supports spaced repetition for your highlights. Pocket could have been so much more. It could have surface articles I'd like using a Spotify style algorithm, it could have been so amazing, but Mozilla have killed it. I don't understand how they're so incompetent.

Re: Pocket gets worse the more you use it (2019)

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Post by Lammy »

jasaldivara wrote: post #72
mostlylurks wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

With the exception of syncing the list between devices (a feature I personally can't imagine myself needing or wanting, though I can definitely see why others would), these things are basically what tabs are for. You open things up in tabs to read them later, and you can also search tabs (a feature supported by firefox, at least, not sure about other browsers) and categorize them (their order and grouping into separa…

Maybe if you have big amounts of RAM and never turn off your computer nor close your browser. I like being able to read my bookmarks a week, or even a month later.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/auto-tab-disc...

Re: Pocket gets worse the more you use it (2019)

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Post by phito »

mostlylurks wrote: post #69
segphault wrote: post #12

Pocket isn’t a bookmark database, it is a tool for saving things to read later. The user interface is primarily built for reading, not organizing. I use Pocket extensively for reading, but I use Raindrop separately for organizing and managing content that I want to archive for future access with proper search, filtering, and categorization. To me, these apps serve separate functions and need different user interfaces…

With the exception of syncing the list between devices (a feature I personally can't imagine myself needing or wanting, though I can definitely see why others would), these things are basically what tabs are for. You open things up in tabs to read them later, and you can also search tabs (a feature supported by firefox, at least, not sure about other browsers) and categorize them (their order and grouping into separa…

Oof that won't work for me, I can't stand having 1-2 stale tabs open. It feels like clutter and I instinctively close them.

Re: Pocket gets worse the more you use it (2019)

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Post by dredmorbius »

jck wrote: post #63
djbusby wrote: post #3

The Pocket thing was when I started to feel Mozilla lost their way. For a while I tried to maintain a patch that completely removed it. But, that's not fun. The Idea of Pocket is great - seems everyone needs a personal-knowledge-base. And the archival feature was/is cool (I added the same to my own PKB). And Pocket for organizing, messy like the article says. I do tagging and SQLite FTS - works a treat.

I remember that mozilla promised to open source the pocket backend and that went nowhere

There is an iOS app repo, though none for Android that I can find:

https://github.com/Pocket/pocket-ios>

And nothing server-side either, which I suspect is what you're referring to.

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