Ctxt.io
Productivity
rich text sharing
SHOW HN2017
174points
80comments
#203of 2,242 in 2017
Top 10%of 2017 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
11 positive, 18 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 11 critical, out of 43 comments about the project. Thread score +0.02.
Execution: 4 for, 8 againstIdea: 5 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Useful idea and clean simple UI
From 3 comments
Is this the best site ever? Scrolled a bit and I completely got what it does
simplehuman on HNInteresting and simple concept, works great. Reminds me of a similar service I saw a few weeks ago, txt.fyi.
mbayer on HNThis is very well made, I'm going to add this to my bookmarks. Thank you & good job!
Svenskunganka on HN
Works well for sharing styled content
From 2 comments
Working well, thanks! Do you have any plans to release the source code?
willempienaar on HNYou're right, the transient nature of this service sets it apart from other similar offerings. I like your monetization approach and how you tied it to a useful feature. Great…
mbayer on HN
Objections
Unclear what it does without explanation
From 3 comments
Look idea, but I think it needs a better explanation, its a relatively complicated concept.
math0ne on HNYea, could someone give a good explanation of what's happening here.
aryamaan on HNWow, this is amazing. Seems like magic once I wonderstood what it does. Like others here, at first I thought it was just another pastebin. I didn't realize what it could do until…
justusthane on HN
Styles break in Firefox, extension needed
From 3 comments
I still don't get it. Every page I try to contextify (wat) is looking like pasted in a 1999 WYSIWYG editor. How do you all get the correct styling etc with you? I'm using Firefox…
thewavelength on HNSame. Something is broken. Also using FireFox...
mbrookes on HNOh, an extension already :) Excellent. Although, at this moment, my Firefox (52.0.1 on GNU/Linux) says the extension cannot be installed because it is faulty what ever that might…
brcha on HN
Plain-text paste and code editors lose formatting
From 2 comments
I don't think I quite get this. Everything I paste here shows up in plain text. It doesn't automatically do any syntax highlighting; it only seems to work if you're already…
gcr on HNSame for me, copying out of a variety of editors/IDEs and it doesn't retain the font/syntax highlighting at all.
jInflux on HN
Security risk from copying logged-in pages
From 2 comments
Pro-tip: be careful when you copying websites you are logged into as you could leak CSRF/authentication tokens.
olalonde on HN> CSRF tokens expire quickly Dangerous guess.
zulln on HN
Requests
Firefox extension
From 2 comments
Wow, this is amazing. Seems like magic once I wonderstood what it does. Like others here, at first I thought it was just another pastebin. I didn't realize what it could do until…
justusthane on HN[this is an explicit upvote re: Firefox extension]
severine on HN
Open source the code
From 2 comments
Working well, thanks! Do you have any plans to release the source code?
willempienaar on HN>Right now, code quality isn't in a state to open-source, but I'm thinking about it. I see lots of people mentioning this, but imo, it doesn't matter much. You can definitely…
aryamaan on HN
Clearer explanation on the homepage
From 3 comments
"I was looking for a rich-text pastebin and couldn't really find any around. This works instantly in seconds without any account and prioritizes just giving you a link to share."…
jsloss on HNI also came to the comments for examples because I didn't realize there was anything below the fold, FWIW
audiodude on HNI really like the clean UI first layout, but it could use an arrow/indicator to emphasize the content below the fold; especially for first time visitors. I wish more sites…
rectangletangle on HN
Questions
How does the proxying work
From 1 comment
I've built something similar https://richie.stormconcept.de [0], but the proxying is what amazes me: How do you proxy the requests? I think it's a great idea and incredibly…
samuelantonioli on HN
How styles are captured from the clipboard
From 1 comment
How does this work? When I copy past above comment, it preserves the font, background, and other things. Does that mean clipboard always captures these data but other things…
aryamaan on HN
Alternatives named
archive.is
From 1 comment
Pretty cool. Similar to www.archive.is.
chatmasta on HN
txt.fyi
From 1 comment
Interesting and simple concept, works great. Reminds me of a similar service I saw a few weeks ago, txt.fyi.
mbayer on HN
Screenshots
From 1 comment
I still don't get it. Every page I try to contextify (wat) is looking like pasted in a 1999 WYSIWYG editor. How do you all get the correct styling etc with you? I'm using Firefox…
thewavelength on HN