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Re: Raindrop.io – Smart Bookmarks

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Post by joshstrange »

johngreen wrote: post #39
arvinsim wrote: post #37

Shame that they don't seem to have an Android app yet. I am just going to wait until they have until I consider it as a replacement for pocket.

We have fully functional mobile version! Android soon

I can't seem to login via your iOS app due to the fact that is in Russian and there is no option to login with google.

Re: Raindrop.io – Smart Bookmarks

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Post by filmgirlcw »

Ok, the "save articles from Mashable" line on the landing page made me smile. Flattery will get you everywhere. I'll try this out later today and probably try to write a review for the weekend (for Mashable, natch).

My concern is similar to others - will this just become yet another place I don't look?

I love Pinboard, I have Evernote and I've signed up for at least 10 other similar services (one that I noted I worried about containing to exist on an HN post on its announcement post...it died a year later), etc. But I'm a sucker for this kind of stuff.

Re: Raindrop.io – Smart Bookmarks

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Post by kbutler »

yardie wrote: post #42
lazyjones wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Um... Just drag the URLs from the location bar to your Dropbox/Wuala explorer window and click on them later?

Um, some of us like to keep work on the work PC and home on the home PC. If I install Dropbox at work work now has access to my things at home.

Second dropbox account and share specific folders.

Dropbox also has a "Selective Sync" feature to sync only some folders, but I couldn't get it to work (with repeated installations, running on a Mac).

Re: Raindrop.io – Smart Bookmarks

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Post by filmgirlcw »

yardie wrote: post #29

This is great! I've got 40 tabs open in firefox and my browser is straining under the pressure. A lot of them is research for work (servers, services, reviews). Some of it I don't care to bookmark. And some of it I'd like to read at home but have no way to get it there except emailing the link to myself.

Not sure if there is a similar tool for Firefox but what I've been using for that is One-Tab for Chrome. It simply stores a list of open tabs in a window when you click the button. You can share a link of that list to access later, but there are no logins and no cloud support. It's basically just an easy way to save a slew of tabs for later that you might not want to bookmark.

Re: Raindrop.io – Smart Bookmarks

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Post by jdc0589 »

This looks cool, but as terrible as this is I kind of write things off as potential malware threats the INSTANT I start seeing russian references anywhere. The stigma is pretty bad (maybe just because I have friends that work with malware all day), but the intermixed russian-english mix is throwing some red flags, which I am sure are unwarranted.

Re: Raindrop.io – Smart Bookmarks

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Post by yardie »

kbutler wrote: post #53
yardie wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Um, some of us like to keep work on the work PC and home on the home PC. If I install Dropbox at work work now has access to my things at home.

Second dropbox account and share specific folders. Dropbox also has a "Selective Sync" feature to sync only some folders, but I couldn't get it to work (with repeated installations, running on a Mac).

No, I prefer this. It as some very rich metadata tagging and categorization. I've used Dropbox to share files for years and it's starting to show. Files go in but if you don't do constant pruning it becomes a drag.

This fills a niche I think we all have. You have a link or article you see and want to read but you aren't on your phone or your tablet. Typically I email the link to my personal inbox.

Re: Raindrop.io – Smart Bookmarks

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Post by johngreen »

filmgirlcw wrote: post #52

Ok, the "save articles from Mashable" line on the landing page made me smile. Flattery will get you everywhere . I'll try this out later today and probably try to write a review for the weekend (for Mashable, natch). My concern is similar to others - will this just become yet another place I don't look? I love Pinboard, I have Evernote and I've signed up for at least 10 other similar services (one that I noted I worr…

Hi! I have plans to develop Raindrop into a big business. And soon it will be very tight integration with the browser (including custom page "New Tab"). Therefore, your bookmarks will always be on hand in a browser, or mobile device. I'll be insanely grateful if you make a note in Mashable!

Rustem M.

Re: Raindrop.io – Smart Bookmarks

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Post by kadabra9 »

So far, I have to say I'm impressed. I've been searching for a bookmarks solution that I will actually use, to the point where I've played around with writing my own. But from what I've seen, the date sorting, tagging, organization..it all looks pretty slick.

My only gripe is that I went to import my chrome bookmarks (which I have a lot of admiteddly) and they still are not visible from Raindrop after a few hours. I haven't received an email saying that the import was complete, and I don't want to rebuild my bookmark collection from scratch.

Anyone else having a similar problem?

Re: Raindrop.io – Smart Bookmarks

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Post by kjagiello »

kadabra9 wrote: post #58

So far, I have to say I'm impressed. I've been searching for a bookmarks solution that I will actually use, to the point where I've played around with writing my own. But from what I've seen, the date sorting, tagging, organization..it all looks pretty slick. My only gripe is that I went to import my chrome bookmarks (which I have a lot of admiteddly) and they still are not visible from Raindrop after a few hours. I…

Yep, same problem here!
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