Not encrypted? No thanks. I miss Xmarks.
What kind of bookmarks do you keep so you need encryption? Have you tried xbrowsersync.org?
Raindrop 5.0
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Re: Raindrop 5.0
#22I’ve used raindrop for a year and sadly it’s been a horror story. To begin with it’s a complete maze just to subscribe to it. Second, a serious bug was released that replaced all my bookmarks with some random spam video. Third, the ultimate deal breaker which happened a few days ago, was that the iPad app is so buggy that it deleted all my bookmarks when I tried to simply move a folder to a different folder since the…
Thanks for sharing - this is very timely information. I've been trying to get my bookmarks under control, and I decided to start evaluating Raindrop. My biggest issue up front was how slow and somewhat clunk it felt. For something that manages bookmarks, it needs to be fast an unobtrusive. It shouldn't feel like a chore to create a bookmark. Maybe I was using it wrong. In any case, I'm glad I'm ending the experiment…
> It shouldn't feel like a chore to create a bookmark.
I feel that this is the problem with any bookmark manager, as they are going to be an extension, and you can't drag'n'drop to your navbar, or even see the bookmarks there.
On the other hand, I think their web-clipper (both extension and bookmarklet) works very well, considering you have more (optional) information to input, like the tags.
If I compare creating a chrome bookmark vs raindrop, without adding tags, just folder, I have the same number of clicks. So I'm not aware how they would make it feel less of a chore
Re: Raindrop 5.0
#23I want to love raindrop.
But it's run by one guy, in another country. No thanks.
I wish there were a bookmark manager like this that didn't require the *aaS aspect.
Re: Raindrop 5.0
#24Seems nice. 1. Needs more blockchain for versioning/authenticity 2. Needs additional knowledge management beyond collections and tags
knowledge management for a bookmark manager?
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#26All their apps are open source. If anyone is interested - https://github.com/raindropio
But not a server, right? Assuming it's based on a server-client architecture.
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#27I've been using Raindrop.io for some months and can say I am a happy user. I will agree with others that it's mostly about the UX than anything else. I really appreciate the effort the developers of raindrop.io put into their product. Kudos, keep it up!
Re: Raindrop 5.0
#28Good bookmarking app is something that I would actually pay for without hesitation (and I'm not very generous with software subscriptions and such). But what I'm absolutely not going to use is bookmarking or note-taking app, storing my data on remote servers while not being fully e2e encrypted with something that cannot be broken in 50 years with all quantum-computers of the future and whatnot. This is ridiculous, especially when compared with all the fuss around "highly-secure" remote password managers, that you use to store a bunch of passwords (which will expire after a year) for some bullshit throw-away accounts (everything important has 2fa anyway). Heck, I'm not even always changing some passwords after I accidentally send them via messenger, because who cares. I wouldn't want to accidentally send to somebody the full collection of my bookmarks/notes.
Re: Raindrop 5.0
#29Does Raindrop save the content in a way that is accessible? For example can it create a local backup of all the webpages I bookmark organized neatly? Is there an option for it to take my existing bookmarks, and import them all, and archive all of them?
There are regular HTML exports as well as support for daily exports to Dropbox and Google Drive
Re: Raindrop 5.0
#30I’ve used raindrop for a year and sadly it’s been a horror story. To begin with it’s a complete maze just to subscribe to it. Second, a serious bug was released that replaced all my bookmarks with some random spam video. Third, the ultimate deal breaker which happened a few days ago, was that the iPad app is so buggy that it deleted all my bookmarks when I tried to simply move a folder to a different folder since the…
Thanks for sharing - this is very timely information. I've been trying to get my bookmarks under control, and I decided to start evaluating Raindrop. My biggest issue up front was how slow and somewhat clunk it felt. For something that manages bookmarks, it needs to be fast an unobtrusive. It shouldn't feel like a chore to create a bookmark. Maybe I was using it wrong. In any case, I'm glad I'm ending the experiment…
This very release is supposed to sort the speed issues out. Hopefully it does, because that's been my only complaint.
If you otherwise liked it, it might be worth taking a second look.