Show HN: Point – a Chrome plugin for private sharing and discussion on any website
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Re: Show HN: Point – a Chrome plugin for private sharing and discussion on any website
#2Hey HN, my friends and I have been working on this extension for the past year. For the curious, we were frustrated with using email and chat for sharing & discussing links, so we built Point.
We've seen various iterations of this over the years, but we'd love to hear what the HN community thinks about our take on it. @shwinnabego, @wannatouchmyfro, and I are here to field your comments, and questions, and feedback!
Re: Show HN: Point – a Chrome plugin for private sharing and discussion on any website
#3Big fan of Point - stumbled across the app when they went big on Product Hunt a few months back. Quickly spread it between my friends and we point back and forth almost daily.
Great app.
Re: Show HN: Point – a Chrome plugin for private sharing and discussion on any website
#4Big fan of Point - stumbled across the app when they went big on Product Hunt a few months back. Quickly spread it between my friends and we point back and forth almost daily. Great app.
Thanks AVTizzle! Glad you and your friends are liking it so far.
Re: Show HN: Point – a Chrome plugin for private sharing and discussion on any website
#5This is a very nice extension, I've been thinking about building the same thing for years and never got around to it so well done, and thanks for doing a very good job of it!
I'm thinking about using it for getting feedback on web applications I'm developing, it looks like Point would be the perfect tool for the job.
My only worry is that I have absolutely no idea where or how my data is held. Does the information I add to Point become public?
Other question, how do I turn off Point for a given site/page? As nice a tool as it is, I don't want it on constantly (e.g. comment box, highlights etc.).
Sorry if I'm missing something, I couldn't find any information on your website.
edit: wording, additional question
Re: Show HN: Point – a Chrome plugin for private sharing and discussion on any website
#6This is a very nice extension, I've been thinking about building the same thing for years and never got around to it so well done, and thanks for doing a very good job of it! I'm thinking about using it for getting feedback on web applications I'm developing, it looks like Point would be the perfect tool for the job. My only worry is that I have absolutely no idea where or how my data is held. Does the information I…
Thanks! Glad you're liking it :)
As far as data and privacy, every article you share, and the comments you make are private to you and only the people you mention in the 'point'. So there's no sense of a public feed or public commentary.
Edit: that 'popular' tab you see in the dropdown is a bit fictitious for now, so nothing that you point will ever show up in there.
2nd Edit: Once you've pointed an article/site and have the comment box up, you can strip /#show-last-point from the URL to clear. We'll be adding a better way to hide or delete this soon.
Re: Show HN: Point – a Chrome plugin for private sharing and discussion on any website
#7Been using for a while. Much faster than copy/past/email and I share articles without worrying about clogging inbox's.
Can't wait for mobile!
Re: Show HN: Point – a Chrome plugin for private sharing and discussion on any website
#8> Point is currently only for desktop Google Chrome.
> Visit getpoint.co from your laptop to check it out!
This is very bad. I have absolutely no way of accessing it from desktop right now. If you at least told me what it is about I may come back later. Now I will definitely not.
Re: Show HN: Point – a Chrome plugin for private sharing and discussion on any website
#9> Point is currently only for desktop Google Chrome. > Visit getpoint.co from your laptop to check it out! This is very bad. I have absolutely no way of accessing it from desktop right now. If you at least told me what it is about I may come back later. Now I will definitely not.
We played with explaining it on mobile but found that it led to confusion. It's an unfortunate stop gap for now until we have a mobile experience, but certainly agree that copy and mobile landing page isn't the best.
Re: Show HN: Point – a Chrome plugin for private sharing and discussion on any website
#10The point you make about not having to scroll endlessly through your inbox to find 'that link' is moot when using Point a lot, because you'll be endlessly scrolling through the Point app.
Also; what happens when the content changes and the quoted part is gone?
Would be interesting for for example QA teams when you include Dropbox integration with a screenshot option.