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Re: Raindrop.io – Smart Bookmarks

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Post by johngreen »

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…

Hi its not a problem! I have big pending list to import, need more time to analize and download releated content to every link. Please be patient. When it done you will be emailed!

Re: Raindrop.io – Smart Bookmarks

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Post by johngreen »

kjagiello wrote: post #60
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!

Need more time! :) Many many bookmarks uploaded to import today!

Re: Raindrop.io – Smart Bookmarks

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Post by joshstrange »

joshstrange wrote: post #49
antr wrote: post #22

When I upload my html bookmark file, Raindrop shows all of the folders within the file, but when I click on import all I get told that I have no bookmarks. Something seems to be broken.

I'm seeing this after uploading my bookmarks: >> We unfortunately have not finished processing your bookmarks uploaded earlier! Please wait more, we will notify you at the specified E-mail. [0] [0] https://www.dropbox.com/s/opk0jvuvjbssc8s/Screenshot%202014-...

Well 7 hours later and my imported bookmarks are still not done being processed. I bookmark often but I only have less that 1000 bookmarks total, I understand that they might be getting slammed with traffic ATM but I seeing how this could have been done all in JS I am a little annoyed that I can't try this out due to the delay.

Re: Raindrop.io – Smart Bookmarks

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Post by kadabra9 »

johngreen wrote: post #61
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…

Hi its not a problem! I have big pending list to import, need more time to analize and download releated content to every link. Please be patient. When it done you will be emailed!

Good to know! Figured you guys were getting slammed today. Nice work though, app looks promising.

Re: Raindrop.io – Smart Bookmarks

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Post by mosselman »

gk1 wrote: post #45
baby wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I used dragdis and/or evernote before that. I'm gonna try this new thing but I'm scared it will be like the others and just become a place where I put things I'll never read. * I like it better than dragdis, you don't have to drag anything to save it! Which is a pain on a laptop. * It's too hidden and like other of its kind I might forget about it and never read what I put there.

> "...a place where I put things I'll never read." Bingo. I stopped using bookmarking services after finally admitting this to myself. I also had this nagging feeling from having a list of "to read" links that I never read -- like having a long list of "to dos" that you never get around to doing, it makes you feel bad. And whenever I did make the time to read some of these things, they were disappointingly insignific…

"I did make the time to read some of these things, they were disappointingly insignificant."

That is what I get with using Pocket. I put stuff in there that when I get around to reading I think "was THIS what I was keeping that browser tab open for all this time?"

I think that we want to read those things because we are procrastinating doing something else. Like what I am doing with writing this comment :).

Re: Raindrop.io – Smart Bookmarks

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Post by mosselman »

girvo wrote: post #24
mosselman wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I thought the same thing! I started looking for a self-hosted alternative straight away.

OwnCloud has a bookmarks app built in with a bookmarklet to save links, and it's all self hosted. I love it :)

Good tip! I didn't think of looking there.

Re: Raindrop.io – Smart Bookmarks

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Post by n8m »

mgkimsal wrote: post #35
n8m wrote: post #17

Ahw crap :( I was working on something similar. But this looks really good. Now they just have to get over that "hug of death" and pay for a bigger server. As for money generation- sooner or later you will probably see ads in certain areas unless you sign up for a premium plan.

Send a nightly or weekly recap of stuff you've bookmarked (possibly with an indicator of how many other people bookmarked the same items over the time period). Maybe even with a 'click here to organize/tag' link to help me manage things on a regular basis. I'd probably pay up to $10/year for something like that. I bookmark a lot, but then forget about things. A service that reminded me what I bookmarked would be grea…

That is a very good suggestion!
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