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How HN took it
7 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 7 critical, out of 19 comments about the project. Thread score -0.06.
Execution: 3 for, 4 againstIdea: 3 for, 3 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Fun, elegant idea that is useful for managing bookmarklets
From 4 comments
This is awesome. Quite possibly one of the best solutions I have seen so far to manage bookmarklets.
sushi on HNFantastic. I would never have thought of that. Great execution. Is there a repository of bookmarklets that this could hook into?
splatzone on HNReally like this, I think something that would be really helpful would be a repository website where you can collect any of these commands similar to will bonds package control.…
crashandburn4 on HNCompatibility and UX qualms aside, this is a really fun little project. It'd be fun to bake something like this into your app even, which I'm sure you've considered, but it'd…
k3n on HN
Objections
Does not search bookmarks as users expected
From 2 comments
I thought this was for bookmark searching, that would have been far more useful.
ps4fanboy on HNI was hoping the same. I was nearly giddy with excitement, then I tried searching... no dice... re-read the description... ah. I might try making this a reality. It'd be…
shijie on HN
Conflicts with Vimium's existing b key and the backtick key
From 2 comments
This is a nice idea and the design is elegant. However, I already use Vimium's "b" key command for this, and it comes with so many other features too.
xbryanx on HNI'm finding that it swallows the first keystroke after `. So `fontBomb results in ontBomb appearing in the popup. Windows; Chrome 30.0.1599.101
jimmcslim on HN
Scripts with comments fail to execute
From 1 comment
I tried creating an "Add to Pinboard" backtick command: https://gist.github.com/lox/7312183 The script works fine in Chrome's console, but fails as a backtick script. Aside from…
lox on HN
Only works on Chrome
From 2 comments
Any chance of this coming to Safari too?
wesley on HNSince my time is limited, I try to keep the scope of the project down to something I can handle. This means I'm currently only focusing on Chrome, but if anyone wants to port the…
JoelBesada on HN
Requests
Support passing parameters to commands
From 1 comment
I seriously love this and am already making some commands for personal use :) However is there currently a way to pass parameters to a command? Right now I'm using…
MrOrelliOReilly on HN
Create a central repository to share commands
From 1 comment
Really like this, I think something that would be really helpful would be a repository website where you can collect any of these commands similar to will bonds package control.…
crashandburn4 on HN
Safari support
From 1 comment
Any chance of this coming to Safari too?
wesley on HN
Use HTTPS icons to avoid mixed content warnings
From 1 comment
I tried creating an "Add to Pinboard" backtick command: https://gist.github.com/lox/7312183 The script works fine in Chrome's console, but fails as a backtick script. Aside from…
lox on HN
Questions
How is the tool's purpose different from bookmark search?
From 2 comments
This is phenomenal but I feel a lot of people are not understanding its purpose. Perhaps you could better explain what it's really for.
lightyrs on HNThanks! Vimium's "b" hotkey is not exactly the same though. Backtick comes with a bunch of bookmarklets already available without you having to save them to your browser first.…
JoelBesada on HN
Alternatives named
Vimium b key for bookmark search
From 2 comments
This is a nice idea and the design is elegant. However, I already use Vimium's "b" key command for this, and it comes with so many other features too.
xbryanx on HNOh by the way, as mentioned in another comment, Vimium comes with a tool that probably is exactly what you're looking for. Just press 'b' to search through your bookmarks.
JoelBesada on HN
GleeBox for running bookmarklets
From 1 comment
I use GleeBox to execute the hundreds of bookmarklets I've found and created over the years. http://thegleebox.com/
Flenser on HN