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Re: Ask HN: Review my web application

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Post by tannerburson »

HansF wrote: post #25
paul9290 wrote: post #23

WoW .... dude you totally ripped off this http://readitlaterlist.com/ . ReadItLater has been around since august 2007 and featured on Digg here is an article from one of Om Malik's network sites http://tinyurl.com/5bsuf4 Dude reconsider the name it screams of copycat and a lack of innovation!!!

Meh, the problem and it's solution isn't that original so I wouldn't scream ripoff just yet. Also The other site want's you to install an extension. In my personal experience (a while back so don't know current situation) it was a bit buggy, and the offline reading thing didn't work very well. With this you can have sort of the same (minus offline reading). I still prefer delicious (tag: toread or towatch) though, ha…

There really aren't any plans to monetize it. If it manages to cover it's own costs via donations or possibly ad sense, then I'd be happy.

Re: Ask HN: Review my web application

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Post by tannerburson »

pclark wrote: post #26

Hi, I like this. + Kudos for entering a market that already has leaders (delicious & instapaper for example) + I'd like to see some delicious integration, be it sending it to my delicious -- or the other way around (grabbing links tagged with "markitforlater" + the UI is gorgeous, the name is good. - how do i remove links I accidently marked? - when you first register, make it do something other than redirect you to…

To your points.

I've intentionally left out the delete function, nothing lasts longer than a week without manual intervention. Despite using the service daily, I can't think of any cases outside of me manually messing with data as tests that I've missed having a delete.

This is a great idea, and I'll definitely be making a new initial login "landing" page!

There's something odd in my Apache setup, as the slowness looks like it's from load, but there's not that much strain on the box. The other issue, which I've tried to optimize as much as possible, is that it loads a LOT of JS when you click the bookmarklet, and it doesn't show the message until it's all done. I need really should pare that down some more, thanks for the push!

Re: Ask HN: Review my web application

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Post by pclark »

tannerburson wrote: post #32
pclark wrote: post #26

Hi, I like this. + Kudos for entering a market that already has leaders (delicious & instapaper for example) + I'd like to see some delicious integration, be it sending it to my delicious -- or the other way around (grabbing links tagged with "markitforlater" + the UI is gorgeous, the name is good. - how do i remove links I accidently marked? - when you first register, make it do something other than redirect you to…

To your points. I've intentionally left out the delete function, nothing lasts longer than a week without manual intervention. Despite using the service daily, I can't think of any cases outside of me manually messing with data as tests that I've missed having a delete. This is a great idea, and I'll definitely be making a new initial login "landing" page! There's something odd in my Apache setup, as the slowness loo…

no probs - and quick response. That instantly gives you a huge edge over del.icio.us (INTEGRATE AMIGO!)

Re: Ask HN: Review my web application

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Post by tannerburson »

pclark wrote: post #33
tannerburson wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To your points. I've intentionally left out the delete function, nothing lasts longer than a week without manual intervention. Despite using the service daily, I can't think of any cases outside of me manually messing with data as tests that I've missed having a delete. This is a great idea, and I'll definitely be making a new initial login "landing" page! There's something odd in my Apache setup, as the slowness loo…

no probs - and quick response. That instantly gives you a huge edge over del.icio.us (INTEGRATE AMIGO!)

Well, what's the user story that you see for delicious? Pushing bookmarks to delicious before they expire? That's the only scenario I can see being worthwhile, but as someone who swore of delicious long, long ago, I'm definitely open to ideas here!

Re: Ask HN: Review my web application

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Post by pclark »

tannerburson wrote: post #34
pclark wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

no probs - and quick response. That instantly gives you a huge edge over del.icio.us (INTEGRATE AMIGO!)

Well, what's the user story that you see for delicious? Pushing bookmarks to delicious before they expire? That's the only scenario I can see being worthwhile, but as someone who swore of delicious long, long ago, I'm definitely open to ideas here!

hmm, a good point actually. Forgot you remove stories after a week. I currently tag my delicious stories that I need to read later with "readlater" -- if I could import those direct to your site that'd be cool. Not sure if I could get thru them all in a week though!

Re: Ask HN: Review my web application

#36

Post by tannerburson »

pclark wrote: post #35
tannerburson wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, what's the user story that you see for delicious? Pushing bookmarks to delicious before they expire? That's the only scenario I can see being worthwhile, but as someone who swore of delicious long, long ago, I'm definitely open to ideas here!

hmm, a good point actually. Forgot you remove stories after a week. I currently tag my delicious stories that I need to read later with "readlater" -- if I could import those direct to your site that'd be cool. Not sure if I could get thru them all in a week though!

Importing to me seems like an odd workflow though. Bookmark with delicious, import to markitforlater, read from there, links expire (or not depending on what you do), but are still hanging out in delicious. Again, the only net-positive workflow I could see would be: bookmark with markitforlater, decide you want to keep it around "permanently" so you push it to delicious. As a delicious user, does that sort of thing have any appeal to you?

Re: Ask HN: Review my web application

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Post by pclark »

tannerburson wrote: post #36
pclark wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

hmm, a good point actually. Forgot you remove stories after a week. I currently tag my delicious stories that I need to read later with "readlater" -- if I could import those direct to your site that'd be cool. Not sure if I could get thru them all in a week though!

Importing to me seems like an odd workflow though. Bookmark with delicious, import to markitforlater, read from there, links expire (or not depending on what you do), but are still hanging out in delicious. Again, the only net-positive workflow I could see would be: bookmark with markitforlater, decide you want to keep it around "permanently" so you push it to delicious. As a delicious user, does that sort of thing h…

yes, that makes far more sense! ignore my previous delicious ranting.
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