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SHOW HN2013

93points
30comments
#248of 1,739 in 2013
Top 15%of 2013 by points

How HN took it

DebatedReal support and real criticism

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

Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.

positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker

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 HN
    • Fantastic. I would never have thought of that. Great execution. Is there a repository of bookmarklets that this could hook into?
      splatzone on HN
    • 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
    • Compatibility 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 HN
    • I 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 HN
    • I'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 HN
    • Since 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
  • 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 HN
    • Thanks! 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 HN
    • Oh 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

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