Link.fish
Productivity
bookmark manager
SHOW HN2017
How HN took it
2 positive, 24 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 6 critical, out of 33 comments about the project. Thread score -0.16.
Idea: 1 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
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What HN said
What people liked
Looks promising as a super-history search
From 1 comment
I've long wanted something like this, basically as a sort of super-history search. Looks promising!
struct on HN
Demo collections show cool features
From 1 comment
The demo collections showcase some cool features! I'm interested in finding out what the Pro Account provides.
equalunique on HN
Objections
Existing tools like OneNote and Evernote already do similar things
From 2 comments
Doesn't seem like a bad idea, but I can't see that the additional features are worth the effort of adding an additional tool to the shed. Evernote and OneNote extensions both…
Meph504 on HNI think you should really revisit the abilities of those two services they do far more than simply bookmark, they allow for content extraction, including images (which are then…
Meph504 on HN
Light grey text is hard to read
From 1 comment
Kudos, will look into it but, I CAN'T BLINKING READ THIS. IT HURTS MY EYES. IDK if it's my astigmatism, but the light grey text on white kills my eyes. Many people say the same…
gkya on HN
Chrome extension login form disappears and loses data
From 1 comment
- Login form in chrome extension disappears when switching windows (i.e. for copying login and password from mail). And it loses data when disappearing. - When posting lots of…
ungzd on HN
Hotlinked site images are a risk
From 1 comment
Doesn't seem like a bad idea, but I can't see that the additional features are worth the effort of adding an additional tool to the shed. Evernote and OneNote extensions both…
Meph504 on HN
Requests
Ignore or handle dead links (404/403) during import
From 2 comments
Looks great! Would be awesome if it would ignore 404, 403, etc. I tried importing some old bookmarks and a bunch of the sites don't exist anymore.
michaelmior on HNPerhaps the server isn't returning the proper status code (I didn't check), but I have seen plenty of pages come up with just a page not found or a 403 message.
michaelmior on HN
Open source or self-hostable alternative
From 2 comments
Any open source alternatives?
ofiner2 on HNAlternatives which I can run on my own hardware (server etc.) is essential for me, because I have a decade-long history of weblinks which lives in my browsers and I need a…
xiconfjs on HN
Clearer landing page text without a video
From 1 comment
Also I still don't understand what features does it have. Is it just clone of del.icio.us, but with screenshots and some extracted text? Or it allows to build collection of items…
ungzd on HN
Remove the 250 URL limit per batch
From 1 comment
- Login form in chrome extension disappears when switching windows (i.e. for copying login and password from mail). And it loses data when disappearing. - When posting lots of…
ungzd on HN
Questions
What is the use case compared to existing bookmarking?
From 1 comment
It sounds awesome but what is the use case for me? It allows me to grab parts of a webpage as bookmarks? I thought Safari does this already (and no-one uses it). Get a .com too…
andy_ppp on HN
What is the archive format and can data be exported?
From 1 comment
What is the archive format and can I export all my data?
aw3c2 on HN
Can Chrome bookmarks be imported?
From 1 comment
Is it not possible to import all my existing Chrome bookmarks? Seems like a good first step.
fastball on HN
Alternatives named
Evernote and OneNote
From 2 comments
Doesn't seem like a bad idea, but I can't see that the additional features are worth the effort of adding an additional tool to the shed. Evernote and OneNote extensions both…
Meph504 on HNI think you should really revisit the abilities of those two services they do far more than simply bookmark, they allow for content extraction, including images (which are then…
Meph504 on HN
Safari bookmarking
From 1 comment
It sounds awesome but what is the use case for me? It allows me to grab parts of a webpage as bookmarks? I thought Safari does this already (and no-one uses it). Get a .com too…
andy_ppp on HN