Stashmarks

Productivity

bookmark manager

SHOW HN2012

88points
60comments
#255of 1,677 in 2012
Top 16%of 2012 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

7 positive, 18 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 21 critical, out of 47 comments about the project. Thread score -0.25.

Execution: 1 for, 8 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 8 againstIdea: 4 for, 0 againstDesign: 2 for, 2 againstPerformance: 0 for, 3 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

  • Clean design and beautiful interface.

    From 3 comments
    • Excellent work. I've wanted to have better bookmark management in Chrome for a while now. Plus the design is beautiful.
      jfmercer on HN
    • I hate to go off topic, but what browser were the screenshots made in? I love the clean border/top bar.
      Hates_ on HN
    • A little beside the point, but you have one of the best marketing sites for a HN project I've seen in a long time.
      tedmiston on HN
  • Fills a real need for better bookmark management.

    From 3 comments
    • Okay, I know I'm joining the choir here, but THANK YOU. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. This is EXACTLY what I need. I am so sick of the omnibar not being able to find websites…
      ericmsimons on HN
    • I've been looking for something like this lately, it really fills a need for me! But you really REALLY need to modify your icon. There are a million bookmarked shaped icons in…
      doubleconfess on HN
    • Beautiful service - I've wanted this for a while. My bookmarks all show up, but when I search for anything I get no results. Looks like you guys still have a few kinks to work…
      samgro on HN

Objections

  • Requires an account and uploads bookmarks to a third-party server, a privacy concern.

    From 4 comments
    • Cool idea, chrome/ium bookmark manager is definitely a pain point. But I can't tell, is this a local extension, or does it upload bookmarks and stuff to your server?
      SkyMarshal on HN
    • Exactly my concern. But judging from some of the other comments it is indeed uploading your bookmarks. I'm sorry to say, but I consider bookmarks slightly private, and I wouldn't…
      cskau on HN
    • This looks really nice, but I'd like to hear what the account is required for. I'm not happy with the idea of another third-party having a peek inside my bookmarks. Maybe…
      idm on HN
    • As much as I wish to see Google Chrome (and Firefox) update their bookmarks manager....I cannot really trust a third party service for my local bookmarks.
      webwanderings on HN
  • Server load causes errors and slow uploads.

    From 3 comments
    • Are you guys down under the load? It cycles on the "uploading bookmarks" page for a couple of minutes (I only have 50 or so!) and then An error occurred in the application and…
      ComputerGuru on HN
    • Your site is on the brink of going down, guys. Not there yet, but I get the occasional server error. Might want to make sure it stays up. :)
      kmfrk on HN
    • Hey, How long does it take for the bookmarks to upload? been taking a while now...
      mwmnj on HN
  • Bookmark upload gets stuck or fails to sync.

    From 3 comments
    • Cool. It could be a useful visual metaphor as long as the shake was smaller and didn't last as long (didn't affect usability). So I created an account and the site has now been…
      aik on HN
    • Not a big bug, but... after login, it said it was uploading my bookmarks, and then said I didn't have any. Though, going back to the home page, it showed me my bookmarks. Just a…
      jasonlotito on HN
    • Looks really awesome. I want to note I had to restart Chrome to get it to work though (before it was hanging at the 'we're uploading your bookmarks' part).
      jurre on HN

Requests

  • Support for importing from Pinboard or Delicious.

    From 1 comment
    • This is fantastic! I've got so many damn bookmarks that I don't know what to do with them. Have you got any plans for importing bookmarks from pinboard/delicious?
      GrumpySimon on HN
  • Union and intersection filtering across tags or folders.

    From 1 comment
    • Great work guys! not something I would have originally seen myself using, but having now tested it out I can see this replacing my bookmarks bar! Search could do with improving…
      rheeseyb on HN
  • Ability to add or edit tags.

    From 2 comments
    • Looks great! If I can begin asking for feature requests, I never noticed how many of my bookmarks lacked appropriate tags :) Would it be possible to add or edit the tags of the…
      Cpt_Monac on HN
    • Yup this is definitely a possibility.
      bwm on HN

Questions

  • Why an account is required and what data is uploaded.

    From 2 comments
    • This looks really nice, but I'd like to hear what the account is required for. I'm not happy with the idea of another third-party having a peek inside my bookmarks. Maybe…
      idm on HN
    • I stopped installing at the request for "your data on all websites". I didn't see anything in the privacy policy that explains why and how far "my data" travels. Could you…
      richardw on HN
  • Whether it works in Safari or Linux.

    From 2 comments
    • This is pretty cool. Does it work on safari?
      kareena86 on HN
    • Anyone have this working in Linux? I get the error, "Sorry, we couldn't connect to your browser." I have the extension installed and enabled. UPDATE: Seems to be working when…
      brewerja on HN

Alternatives named

  • Pinboard and Delicious.

    From 2 comments
    • Looks cool, thought of doing something similar myself. Why don't you charge like pinbord?
      swah on HN
    • This is fantastic! I've got so many damn bookmarks that I don't know what to do with them. Have you got any plans for importing bookmarks from pinboard/delicious?
      GrumpySimon on HN
  • Chrome's built-in bookmark manager and omnibar.

    From 2 comments
    • Okay, I know I'm joining the choir here, but THANK YOU. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. This is EXACTLY what I need. I am so sick of the omnibar not being able to find websites…
      ericmsimons on HN
    • I've been looking for something like this lately, it really fills a need for me! But you really REALLY need to modify your icon. There are a million bookmarked shaped icons in…
      doubleconfess on HN

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