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Launch HN: Needl (YC S22) – Simple search across all your apps

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Re: Launch HN: Needl (YC S22) – Simple search across all your apps

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Post by MaxKeenan »

crsn wrote: post #71

Feature request: Index arbitrary content/history across browsers and allow it to be re-opened (my main use case for your pseudo-competitor Rewind.ai).

Thanks for sharing -- makes a lot of sense. Indexing browser history is very high on our priority list, lets us cover the less-widely used apps much easier. (though is somewhat limited to things you've seen while the integration is set up, similarly to Rewind)

Re: Launch HN: Needl (YC S22) – Simple search across all your apps

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Post by MaxKeenan »

LionTamer wrote: post #70

I really like this idea! I definitely think this product has some potential. A few quick questions: 1. Does this integrate with the filesystem (specifically with MacOS) or iCloud Drive? 2. Are there any future plans to integrate with iMessage? While perhaps less important to enterprises, I feel like this could be very useful for “prosumer” productivity tool users like myself. 3. Are there any future plans for a mobil…

Yes! We integrate with Local, though iCloud is much more locked down. We can index local files that are then offloaded to iCloud, but can't directly index iCloud.

iMessage is something we've explored, also locked down like iCloud with no API but there are some workarounds by using what's locally stored. No plans for a mobile app, though or web app works surprisingly well on mobile https://app.needl.tech/.

If more stuff comes up as you're using Needl, would love more of your thoughts and feedback. Can always reach me at max@needl.tech

Re: Launch HN: Needl (YC S22) – Simple search across all your apps

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Post by shafyy »

Congrats on the launch. I'm not sure if I'm the only one, but I never had the need or desire for this type of product. I usually know if the thing I'm looking for was in an email, in my Basecamp or in a Google Doc. I wonder why I feel so differently than obviously many other commenters on here.

Re: Launch HN: Needl (YC S22) – Simple search across all your apps

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Post by Matrixik »

MaxKeenan wrote: post #14
xwowsersx wrote: post #10

Looks good, will definitely give it a try. I'm starting to have so many apps that I trigger with keyboard shortcuts (Raycast, etc)...getting more difficult to choose shortcuts that don't conflict and remember all of them.

Fair point. Some users set Needl as their default tab via our chrome extension -- https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/needl/hepjidniooep... . Can even open quick search via the chrome extension in the browser too. Others just use the web app -- https://app.needl.tech/

This tool is looking really neat but I'm on Linux using Firefox and Android using Firefox so no luck. Web app is also working bad in Firefox on Android.

Re: Launch HN: Needl (YC S22) – Simple search across all your apps

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Post by MaxKeenan »

shafyy wrote: post #76

Congrats on the launch. I'm not sure if I'm the only one, but I never had the need or desire for this type of product. I usually know if the thing I'm looking for was in an email, in my Basecamp or in a Google Doc. I wonder why I feel so differently than obviously many other commenters on here.

I don't think this is controversial at all. Many of our users are the exact same way. For them, the value add can be a few different things: (1) searching across multiple accounts on the same platform, (2) better search than existing platforms (here’s an example of Needl compared to Gmail: https://imgur.com/a/3ZX8f8Q), and (3) general speed improvements.
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