octomarks

Dev tools

bookmarking for github repos

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octomarks

My weekend project, del.icio.us for github projects

octomarks.io

#github#bookmarks#starred repos#bookmarklet

11points
3comments
#1,314of 1,739 in 2013
Top 76%of 2013 by points

How HN took it

QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project

0 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 0 critical, out of 3 comments about the project.

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Commenters like the idea and design

    From 2 comments
    • Cool idea. I noticed it pulled in my star'ed repos as bookmarks will it continue to add new starred repos as octomarks or does that import only happen once? I'm a little confused…
      ttdan on HN
    • first thing i noticed: "log in" vs "sign in". looks great tho!
      sluu99 on HN

Objections

  • Unclear why to use the bookmarklet versus GitHub's star feature

    From 2 comments
    • Cool idea. I noticed it pulled in my star'ed repos as bookmarks will it continue to add new starred repos as octomarks or does that import only happen once? I'm a little confused…
      ttdan on HN
    • This is my concern too. There's no mention of starred repos anywhere (that I could see) but lo and behold they're added to my bookmarks. This is great, and I'd much prefer to…
      davefp on HN
  • Starred repos were imported without being mentioned

    From 1 comment
    • This is my concern too. There's no mention of starred repos anywhere (that I could see) but lo and behold they're added to my bookmarks. This is great, and I'd much prefer to…
      davefp on HN

Requests

  • Clarify whether starred repos keep syncing

    From 1 comment
    • Cool idea. I noticed it pulled in my star'ed repos as bookmarks will it continue to add new starred repos as octomarks or does that import only happen once? I'm a little confused…
      ttdan on HN

Questions

  • Will new starred repos be added automatically?

    From 1 comment
    • Cool idea. I noticed it pulled in my star'ed repos as bookmarks will it continue to add new starred repos as octomarks or does that import only happen once? I'm a little confused…
      ttdan on HN

Alternatives named

  • GitHub star feature

    From 2 comments
    • Cool idea. I noticed it pulled in my star'ed repos as bookmarks will it continue to add new starred repos as octomarks or does that import only happen once? I'm a little confused…
      ttdan on HN
    • This is my concern too. There's no mention of starred repos anywhere (that I could see) but lo and behold they're added to my bookmarks. This is great, and I'd much prefer to…
      davefp on HN

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