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Pocket gets worse the more you use it (2019)

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Post by hamsterbase »

BiteCode_dev wrote: post #138
hamsterbase wrote: post #83

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://hamsterbase.com

Just learning it exists and it's something I could never found a good software for. And it supports saving things with the excellent SingleFile. I'm definitely going to give it a try, although as a Firefox user the workflow is going to be a bit less nice. EDIT: just tried it, it's very nice. Right now, the UI makes it a bit better than just using in SingleFiles, but not enough to justify $50. However, if this would b…

Singlefile supports batch saving URLs to local storage.

Right-click on the webpage > select Singlefile > choose "Batch save URLs".

Using this method, I have converted hundreds of my bookmarks into html files.

I also think that Hamsterbase is not worth $60, so I offered a free trial. Only after it is released on iOS and Android will I consider charging.

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

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Post by vvladymyrov »

dredmorbius wrote: post #95
vvladymyrov wrote: post #79

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I’m using Pocket for reading articles on eink in spare time - I use Kobo Forma - it has 8” screen and is lightweight and has a decent battery life (unlike newer Kobo Sage). Not all articles are saved though. I used to do a trick with Remarkable 2/kobo - exporting webpage on iPhone into Dropbox as pdf - resulting pdf is formatted for a small screen For pdfs and web reading I use Boox Onyx Air - with 10.3” screen and f…

Onyx BOOX Max Lumi here, 13'3 inches of 2200x1650 pixel, 220 dpi, 16 greyscale goodness. The device is quite frankly fantastic, despite a somewhat anemic (for my purposes) onboard storage of 64 GB (doubled in the follow-in Max Lumi 2). (I'm perennially well above 90% utilised, though a good chunk of that are podcasts.) I've written about that at length in other HN comments, search should turn those up for anyone inte…

Thanks for the hint about einkbro saving articles to ePub, I’ll give it a try. Does saving to ePub feature works for paywalled content? Does it save ads too?

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

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Post by vvladymyrov »

dredmorbius wrote: post #95
vvladymyrov wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’m using Pocket for reading articles on eink in spare time - I use Kobo Forma - it has 8” screen and is lightweight and has a decent battery life (unlike newer Kobo Sage). Not all articles are saved though. I used to do a trick with Remarkable 2/kobo - exporting webpage on iPhone into Dropbox as pdf - resulting pdf is formatted for a small screen For pdfs and web reading I use Boox Onyx Air - with 10.3” screen and f…

Onyx BOOX Max Lumi here, 13'3 inches of 2200x1650 pixel, 220 dpi, 16 greyscale goodness. The device is quite frankly fantastic, despite a somewhat anemic (for my purposes) onboard storage of 64 GB (doubled in the follow-in Max Lumi 2). (I'm perennially well above 90% utilised, though a good chunk of that are podcasts.) I've written about that at length in other HN comments, search should turn those up for anyone inte…

I was considered 13” Onyx Boox Lumi Max, and still do, but couldn’t justify as I don’t do that much organized reading.

Onyx made annoying product decision to not include microSD to expensive 10 and 13 inch models, while still keeping it on 8” Leaf2 and Page.

Are you using written notes while reading on your Lumi Max or typing only?

With such reading system I would look into Obsidian/Notion/Readwise/Logseq/Tana running on Lumi Max - at least Obsidian and Logseq has android apps. Note that Logseq is local first system - it stores files on your disk then the option to sync on your server for free or their paid sync service.

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

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Post by gxnxcxcx »

Lammy wrote: post #88
jasaldivara wrote: post #72

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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...

about:unloads

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

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Post by marniewebb »

_xnmw wrote: post #114

Wrong tool for the job. If you want to do serious research and archival, use something like DevonThink. I have 20 GB+ worth of stuff there (millions of items including 10 year email history) and it still does full-text search in under 500ms.

I have an information triage process that ends with DEVONThink. I save bookmarks to drafts app, go through them when I have time. And if they are worth it, I save then in DEVONThink where I go through and mark them up.

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

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Post by birdyrooster »

simmerup wrote: post #118
asaddhamani wrote: post #94

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Yesterday I was on a flight so I downloaded some paywalled articles on my phone using safari reading list. Once we took off and I lost connectivity I opened the article and saw - the paywall page. I tried looking for mobile read later apps that save offline and save what I saw not what their servers see, but not much luck. I’ve my own app which can save pages as I saw them and create reader views out of them, but no…

Honestly Apple just in general stops working the moment you lose internet connection and it sucks. The whole ecosystem seems to assume you always have internet.

Maps is offline at least finally

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

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Post by spectre3d »

asaddhamani wrote: post #94
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,…

Yesterday I was on a flight so I downloaded some paywalled articles on my phone using safari reading list. Once we took off and I lost connectivity I opened the article and saw - the paywall page. I tried looking for mobile read later apps that save offline and save what I saw not what their servers see, but not much luck. I’ve my own app which can save pages as I saw them and create reader views out of them, but no…

That’s really rough. Instapaper (free version) and GoodLinks ($5) both work perfectly for me without internet access. Haven’t tried substacks in GoodLinks, but Instapaper grabs them without issue.

Nice to hear about hamsterbase, will check it out.

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

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Post by CoastalCoder »

hamsterbase wrote: post #133
CoastalCoder wrote: post #130

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FWIW, I'm on mobile, and I too was concerned when I had to look around to see the price. It seemed like an "If you have to ask, then..." scenario. But your $45 price seems really reasonable, so maybe worth showing it clearly on the mobile landing page? Not my area of expertise; just my personal 2 cents.

You can try the desktop version first, and then consider buying it after the mobile version is released. Until iOS and Android are developed, there will be no charge. Currently hamsterbase provides rss subscription export, you can take any cell phone rss client subscription. https://hamsterbase.com/developer/rss/

Sorry, let me clarify. If I bought it, it would be for desktop use. But my first exposure to the product page and the pricing, was via my cell phone.

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

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Post by dredmorbius »

vvladymyrov wrote: post #142
dredmorbius wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Onyx BOOX Max Lumi here, 13'3 inches of 2200x1650 pixel, 220 dpi, 16 greyscale goodness. The device is quite frankly fantastic, despite a somewhat anemic (for my purposes) onboard storage of 64 GB (doubled in the follow-in Max Lumi 2). (I'm perennially well above 90% utilised, though a good chunk of that are podcasts.) I've written about that at length in other HN comments, search should turn those up for anyone inte…

Thanks for the hint about einkbro saving articles to ePub, I’ll give it a try. Does saving to ePub feature works for paywalled content? Does it save ads too?

Save to ePub from sites such as Archive Today works fine ;-) I've not specifically tried paywalled sites, but so long as you have a subscription I don't see why not.

With two layers of adblock (local LAN, IP-based, adblock on EinkBro itself), I see no ads in saved content, and very rarely in full Web view either. AFAIU it filters the source article through Readability.js, so the main article is what's saved, not navigation, asides, etc.

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

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Post by dredmorbius »

diarrhea wrote: post #109
dredmorbius wrote: post #49

Original author here. My six-year-old rant still mostly applies (there've been some improvements to tag editing, and there's now in-article search for the Android app), but Pocket still massively underdelivers, increasingly as one relies on it more. Most recently, I found I had to revert to a six-month-old version of the app in order to have both paginated navigation and to be able to open the "web view" in app ... w…

Zotero has an iOS app that is rather good.

As I've commented before, given that many e-book readers are Android based, the lack of an Android client is ... curious.

iOS of course lacks an e-ink based device.

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