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Re: Ask HN: A possible Delicious Alternative?

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Post by marknutter »

whyleym wrote: post #9
bbuffone wrote: post #7

I never got the whole bookmarking craze. Why is this useful? Google has every link on the web and you can easily search for things. It always seemed easier just go to google and search again then try to bookmark, tag and use another search to find a link you may never use again.

I often forget sites that I have previously visited (sometimes years) before as such I tend to bookmark as much as possible things that I will find interesting or useful at some point in the future.

use this: http://historio.us

Re: Ask HN: A possible Delicious Alternative?

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Post by mdoyle »

bbuffone wrote: post #7

I never got the whole bookmarking craze. Why is this useful? Google has every link on the web and you can easily search for things. It always seemed easier just go to google and search again then try to bookmark, tag and use another search to find a link you may never use again.

I think it depends on who you are and what you want from the web? E.g. I've just spent three years finishing a masters and being able to bookmark hundreds of articles which I used for research was invaluable. Sure, you bookmark in your browser, but I use three machines daily and numerous browsers. Having access to my bookmarks anywhere I was studying was very useful. I think the millions of users on various bookmarking sites is testament to the value of bookmarking.

Re: Ask HN: A possible Delicious Alternative?

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Post by sw1205 »

bbuffone wrote: post #7

I never got the whole bookmarking craze. Why is this useful? Google has every link on the web and you can easily search for things. It always seemed easier just go to google and search again then try to bookmark, tag and use another search to find a link you may never use again.

Specifically to our site - if you see an article you like but don't have to read it, then you can use our bookmark it with 1 click of a button and save it to view later. You can also organise all your bookmarks in an easy way and follow people who you find bookmark interesting things.

Re: Ask HN: A possible Delicious Alternative?

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Post by pvg »

sw1205 wrote: post #3

With Delicious closing down we thought we would recommend our bookmarking site - Favilous. We promise never to sell to Yahoo so there will be no chance of us closing down! We had been working on a major revamp of the site and it just so happened Delicious made their announcement (or didn't make their announcement!) when we were about to press the launch button. What do we offer? Bookmark quickly and effectively for f…

Hey, welcome to the fray!

Save articles for viewing later - so now you can bookmark and view sites later, a combination we do not think exists.

I assume you mean 'read it later'. I think it's hard to find a bookmarking service that doesn't offer this, these days. You can probably make your promotional verbiage more distinctive by taking a look at the various competitors.

and what feedback you may have

Bookmarklets don't work in Chrome.

Re: Ask HN: A possible Delicious Alternative?

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Post by sw1205 »

cryodesign wrote: post #10

Delicious is not being closed down, this should be old news by now: http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20101217/tc_pcworld/yahoower... So there is no need to jump ship, unless you want to of course.

Yes I should edit my comment - it is not closing down but favilous remains an alternative, we hope a credible one!

Re: Ask HN: A possible Delicious Alternative?

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Post by dabent »

bbuffone wrote: post #7

I never got the whole bookmarking craze. Why is this useful? Google has every link on the web and you can easily search for things. It always seemed easier just go to google and search again then try to bookmark, tag and use another search to find a link you may never use again.

I find that I use my "favorites" on my browser a lot, then change computers and don't have the links I stored.

Google and Bing are very good at what they do, but there are certain articles/how-tos and such that I find very useful to keep around without having to remember the exact query I used to pull them up on Google. Also, search results change over time, so that blog article I loved might not score on the search engines like it did last year.

Bookmarking sites also offer some of the functionality a site like HN does, with popular/recent links coming in over time.

That's what I think is important, anyway.

Re: Ask HN: A possible Delicious Alternative?

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Post by [deleted] »

whyleym wrote: post #9
bbuffone wrote: post #7

I never got the whole bookmarking craze. Why is this useful? Google has every link on the web and you can easily search for things. It always seemed easier just go to google and search again then try to bookmark, tag and use another search to find a link you may never use again.

I often forget sites that I have previously visited (sometimes years) before as such I tend to bookmark as much as possible things that I will find interesting or useful at some point in the future.

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Re: Ask HN: A possible Delicious Alternative?

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Post by whyleym »

marknutter wrote: post #11
whyleym wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I often forget sites that I have previously visited (sometimes years) before as such I tend to bookmark as much as possible things that I will find interesting or useful at some point in the future.

use this: http://historio.us

Nice - thanks - i'll take a look

Re: Ask HN: A possible Delicious Alternative?

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Post by sw1205 »

dabent wrote: post #8

Interesting site. I signed up with a test account, but I can't get the "Create a new bookmark" link to work. The background is very dark and I almost couldn't see the search field because it's only one shade lighter. I couldn't figure out how to change my backdrop. I clicked a new color, but couldn't figure out how to save it. I currently use Pinboard.in and so far think it was worth the $7.XX I spent to sign up. How…

Thanks for the feedback - we will look at the bug you mention now.

To change your backdrop there is an option 'change your backdrop' under 'create a new bookmark' - we can make that stand out more. You can then use some of our sample ones or upload your own - once clicked or uploaded it saves it automatically.

The first way we differ is that we are free, I appreciate people may be willing to pay for their service but for now we are free and all users who sign up now will not have to pay. Secondly is that I guess we are a bookmarking site aimed at more creative types. Pinboard is a great site functionailty wise and speed wise but you could argue it lacks in appearance. We hope that we offer a lot of the functionality Pinboard do but also you can bookmark in a nice looking site.

We have modertators who will look to fight spam and if we eventually add a fee for the service this should also prevent it.

I should rephrase - we will do everything in our power to ensure we won't close down.

Thanks for the feedback

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