Gurn
Productivity
bookmark manager
SHOW HN2018
80points
64comments
#542of 2,155 in 2018
Top 26%of 2018 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
2 positive, 15 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 12 critical, out of 29 comments about the project. Thread score -0.45.
Idea: 1 for, 6 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 4 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Keyword navigation works well and replaces bookmarks
From 2 comments
That's what Firefox' awesome searchbar does. There I just input "jira $projectname" and I get the correct URL. If this does not work, I simply bookmark the page and give it tags.…
zufallsheld on HNYeah, this has completely replaced most of my use of bookmarks. Now they mostly exist to improve search results, which is awesome. And to go a step further: pinboard will crawl…
Groxx on HN
Team bookmark sharing is a useful angle
From 3 comments
The current workflow in Chrome is, CTRL-D, Name it something memorable, CTRL-SHIFT-O, search your bookmarks. You can even save all your currently opened tabs with CTRL-SHIFT-D.…
xori on HNThis looks nice. I've asked myself, what advantage this tool has over using simple bookmarks with keywords. If I understand this correctly, the answer is about being able to…
darekkay on HNThink about this in the context of a company. You may want to allow people to quickly search for bookmarks flagged by others at the company. For example: ‘hr vacation policy’ or…
mbreese on HN
Objections
Browsers and tools already offer keyword bookmarks
From 3 comments
Umm, don't most browsers have a keyword based/parameterized bookmark feature nowadays?
unop on HNThat's what Firefox' awesome searchbar does. There I just input "jira $projectname" and I get the correct URL. If this does not work, I simply bookmark the page and give it tags.…
zufallsheld on HNqutebrowser does, and has for at least 2 years if not more.
craftyguy on HN
Privacy concerns about the parent company and privacy policy tracking
From 3 comments
I'd be wary of using a service built by a company (Gradient Ltd) that among other things provides, "Effective Attribution, Web Tracking, Analytical Insights". From…
WorkLifeBalance on HNAfter reading the privacy policy I know that I don't want to use this app. https://www.gurn.io/privacy-policy/
nloa on HNFrom their Privacy Policy (https://www.gurn.io/privacy-policy/): ``` 4. We may collect the following Data, which includes personal Data, from you: .... l. A list of URLs starting…
jlogsdon on HN
Name is unfortunate
From 1 comment
Cool product, unfortunate name - https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Gurn
mcjiggerlog on HN
Get Gurn button did not work
From 1 comment
You had me - but then the "Get Gurn" button didn't work...
fineline on HN
Requests
Allow sharing bookmarks with other people
From 1 comment
The current workflow in Chrome is, CTRL-D, Name it something memorable, CTRL-SHIFT-O, search your bookmarks. You can even save all your currently opened tabs with CTRL-SHIFT-D.…
xori on HN
Import DuckDuckGo bangs as keywords
From 2 comments
Firefox also has the little-known keyword functionality. Bookmark https://bugs.example.com/issue/%s, in the bookmark manager give it the keyword `bug`, and then typing “bug…
chrismorgan on HNI'd like to import DDG bangs into Firefox too, as the 3 redirects DDG does every time are painfully slow. I already have a scripts that imports them directly into the FF bookmark…
franga2000 on HN
Questions
What makes this different from Pocket?
From 1 comment
What makes this different from Pocket?
baliex on HN
Why is self-hosting more expensive than cloud?
From 1 comment
I found it interesting that self hosting costs more than cloud. I’m sure there are lots of reasons. @gurn engineers, can you share some of your reasoning behind this? I’m curious…
matt_the_bass on HN
Alternatives named
Firefox keyword bookmarks and tags
From 2 comments
That's what Firefox' awesome searchbar does. There I just input "jira $projectname" and I get the correct URL. If this does not work, I simply bookmark the page and give it tags.…
zufallsheld on HNFirefox also has the little-known keyword functionality. Bookmark https://bugs.example.com/issue/%s, in the bookmark manager give it the keyword `bug`, and then typing “bug…
chrismorgan on HN
Chrome bookmark search
From 1 comment
The current workflow in Chrome is, CTRL-D, Name it something memorable, CTRL-SHIFT-O, search your bookmarks. You can even save all your currently opened tabs with CTRL-SHIFT-D.…
xori on HN
Vimium
From 1 comment
Watching the animated demo on the home page, this looks a lot like how I use Vimium (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/vimium/dbepggeogbaibhgnhhndojpepiihcmeb?hl=en) to…
NateEag on HN
Keypirinha
From 1 comment
Check out Keypirinha if this workflow looks appealing. http://keypirinha.com/ Alt+Space brings up an edit box. Then type to perform some action. Actions can be as simple as…
raytracer on HN
Finda
From 1 comment
I think Finda (https://keminglabs.com/finda/) fills a similar need, runs offline, and indexes lots of other stuff as well. Although I think it is not possible to assign…
ComNik on HN