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Re: Ask HN: Review my web application

#3

Post by speby »

Good start. Have you looked at apps that do somewhat similar things? You might find improvements and/or inspiration to do something better or different.

Also, your site is simple enough that you might consider doing progressive signup. Don't require an account to start marking things. If they like it, they can create one later and it will save things into a unique account for them specifically.

Re: Ask HN: Review my web application

#5

Post by tannerburson »

speby wrote: post #3

Good start. Have you looked at apps that do somewhat similar things? You might find improvements and/or inspiration to do something better or different. Also, your site is simple enough that you might consider doing progressive signup. Don't require an account to start marking things. If they like it, they can create one later and it will save things into a unique account for them specifically.

I have looked at several apps that work in similar ways. The big advantage I had was that the lists are "private" as well as the ability to get a private RSS feeds for your list.

I thought very hard about doing progressive signup, but I couldn't find a good method that didn't require a user to finish the signup on the same machine they started on. If you have any examples of sites that do this well, or at least in a way that you like, let me know!

Re: Ask HN: Review my web application

#6

Post by tannerburson »

inimino wrote: post #4

Besides only lasting a week, what benefit does this have over clicking on the star in Firefox 3? Edit: I like the design.

This isn't tied to a single location/browser. You can mark sites from your javascript enabled phone, and read them on your desktop, or vice versa. If you use the web interface you can have it auto-hide any links you've already visited through the site. You can also get an RSS feed of your listings so that you don't NEED to use the web interface if that's your thing.

Edit: Thanks for the mention of the design, I'm far from a designer so I've been as worried about that aspect as any other.

Re: Ask HN: Review my web application

#7

Post by pedalpete »

I've often thought something like this would be useful, but I'm missing a few things (and you have a bug, I can't leave my e-mail blank because it says that e-mial is already taken).

1 - I can't figure out how to add a bookmarklet. I can only add you page 2) I wouldn't go to a page to enter in the sites to save, that is too much of a pain in the ass - a browser plug-in would be much better.

Re: Ask HN: Review my web application

#8

Post by tannerburson »

pedalpete wrote: post #7

I've often thought something like this would be useful, but I'm missing a few things (and you have a bug, I can't leave my e-mail blank because it says that e-mial is already taken). 1 - I can't figure out how to add a bookmarklet. I can only add you page 2) I wouldn't go to a page to enter in the sites to save, that is too much of a pain in the ass - a browser plug-in would be much better.

Right click (or the equivalent on your platform) on the link labeled MarkitForLater Bookmarklet, and add it to your bookmarks. Optionally if you have the bookmark toolbar enabled in your browser you should be able to drag that link to it.

Can you elaborate a bit on #2? I'm not sure I get what your getting at.

Edit: And thanks for the bug report, that should be fixed now!

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