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Collections: Easiest way to collect, organize and share anything with anyone

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Re: Collections: Easiest way to collect, organize and share anything with anyone

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I've watched the video, it intrigued me and left me with these questions: Can you put an item in multiple collections at once? Can a collection be inside another collection?

Thanks! We used to support nested collections and 'single item - multiple collections' in the intermediate versions, but decided to disable it for the overall simplicity of the v1. We'll bring it back when/if many users really want it.

you won't be able to tell if they do. only the loudest dogs bark. if you cannot use a feature how can you know if you really need it. vice versa, if it does not exist, how do you know you don't "need" it. life was fine without smartphones and Facebook too.

Re: Collections: Easiest way to collect, organize and share anything with anyone

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I actually wanted to build something similar, since I spread things through bookmarks, files in my Downloads folder & links in my emails. I'm a very hectic person and needed something like this!

However, it just doesn't work here it seems. Shift+cmd+c'ed a webpage, and Collections did mention it put that item into my inbox. However, when I went to my inbox, nothing was there. Tried again, same problem. Clicking on the plus button at the bottom of the app didn't do anything either, I was hoping I could add something manually instead... Running on 1.8.3 here. :(

Re: Collections: Easiest way to collect, organize and share anything with anyone

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I actually wanted to build something similar, since I spread things through bookmarks, files in my Downloads folder & links in my emails. I'm a very hectic person and needed something like this! However, it just doesn't work here it seems. Shift+cmd+c'ed a webpage, and Collections did mention it put that item into my inbox. However, when I went to my inbox, nothing was there. Tried again, same problem. Clicking on th…

Follow-up: On restarting the app, the item was in my inbox, and new items also went to my inbox. However, I'm still not able to use the + button - I assume that's (annndddd it crashed) there so I can manually add an item?

What's the ETA for a mobile app? This is obviously a HUGE must ;)

Re: Collections: Easiest way to collect, organize and share anything with anyone

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I actually wanted to build something similar, since I spread things through bookmarks, files in my Downloads folder & links in my emails. I'm a very hectic person and needed something like this! However, it just doesn't work here it seems. Shift+cmd+c'ed a webpage, and Collections did mention it put that item into my inbox. However, when I went to my inbox, nothing was there. Tried again, same problem. Clicking on th…

Follow-up: On restarting the app, the item was in my inbox, and new items also went to my inbox. However, I'm still not able to use the + button - I assume that's (annndddd it crashed) there so I can manually add an item? What's the ETA for a mobile app? This is obviously a HUGE must ;)

Thanks for feedback! The fact that collected items didn't show up immediately in the inbox in your case is definitely some kind of the bug which we will look into. '+'/'-' buttons are actually for creating new collections and removing existing ones respectively. We will definitely make it more intuitive.

Re: Collections: Easiest way to collect, organize and share anything with anyone

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I actually wanted to build something similar, since I spread things through bookmarks, files in my Downloads folder & links in my emails. I'm a very hectic person and needed something like this! However, it just doesn't work here it seems. Shift+cmd+c'ed a webpage, and Collections did mention it put that item into my inbox. However, when I went to my inbox, nothing was there. Tried again, same problem. Clicking on th…

Follow-up: On restarting the app, the item was in my inbox, and new items also went to my inbox. However, I'm still not able to use the + button - I assume that's (annndddd it crashed) there so I can manually add an item? What's the ETA for a mobile app? This is obviously a HUGE must ;)

Regarding the ETA for the mobile app, we don't have anything to announce at this moment, but will keep you updated.

Re: Collections: Easiest way to collect, organize and share anything with anyone

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post #24

Question: Does Collections expose any developer interfaces? I can imagine a whole ecosystem of apps/plugins that build on it: alternate visual presentations, data mining, sync, bulk transfer, backup, advanced search, etc.

Hi troymc,

Interesting idea. We might look into that sometimes. Our current focus is on delivering a great experience to end users so we are integrating services ourselves one at a time. Don't want to get too far ahead of ourselves. :)

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