This looks cool, but as terrible as this is I kind of write things off as potential malware threats the INSTANT I start seeing russian references anywhere. The stigma is pretty bad (maybe just because I have friends that work with malware all day), but the intermixed russian-english mix is throwing some red flags, which I am sure are unwarranted.
This is great! I've got 40 tabs open in firefox and my browser is straining under the pressure. A lot of them is research for work (servers, services, reviews). Some of it I don't care to bookmark. And some of it I'd like to read at home but have no way to get it there except emailing the link to myself.
I used dragdis and/or evernote before that. I'm gonna try this new thing but I'm scared it will be like the others and just become a place where I put things I'll never read.
* I like it better than dragdis, you don't have to drag anything to save it! Which is a pain on a laptop.
* It's too hidden and like other of its kind I might forget about it and never read what I put there.
2 things I'd like to see in a bookmarking service.
1. Have it email me nightly or weekly recapping what I've bookmarked.
2. At some point (perhaps in the recap) show me if any of my friends have also bookmarked the same thing (perhaps from Facebook or g+ graph data).
I could live without #2, and might want to opt-out - there are some things I bookmark I wouldn't want other people knowing about, but some things I wouldn't mind.
> "...a place where I put things I'll never read."
Bingo. I stopped using bookmarking services after finally admitting this to myself.
I also had this nagging feeling from having a list of "to read" links that I never read -- like having a long list of "to dos" that you never get around to doing, it makes you feel bad.
And whenever I did make the time to read some of these things, they were disappointingly insignificant.
"I did make the time to read some of these things, they were disappointingly insignificant."
That is what I get with using Pocket. I put stuff in there that when I get around to reading I think "was THIS what I was keeping that browser tab open for all this time?"
I think that we want to read those things because we are procrastinating doing something else. Like what I am doing with writing this comment :).
Not sure if there is a similar tool for Firefox but what I've been using for that is One-Tab for Chrome. It simply stores a list of open tabs in a window when you click the button. You can share a link of that list to access later, but there are no logins and no cloud support. It's basically just an easy way to save a slew of tabs for later that you might not want to bookmark.
No, I prefer this. It as some very rich metadata tagging and categorization. I've used Dropbox to share files for years and it's starting to show. Files go in but if you don't do constant pruning it becomes a drag.
This fills a niche I think we all have. You have a link or article you see and want to read but you aren't on your phone or your tablet. Typically I email the link to my personal inbox.
So far, I have to say I'm impressed. I've been searching for a bookmarks solution that I will actually use, to the point where I've played around with writing my own. But from what I've seen, the date sorting, tagging, organization..it all looks pretty slick.
My only gripe is that I went to import my chrome bookmarks (which I have a lot of admiteddly) and they still are not visible from Raindrop after a few hours. I haven't received an email saying that the import was complete, and I don't want to rebuild my bookmark collection from scratch.
Hi its not a problem! I have big pending list to import, need more time to analize and download releated content to every link. Please be patient. When it done you will be emailed!
Ok, the "save articles from Mashable" line on the landing page made me smile. Flattery will get you everywhere. I'll try this out later today and probably try to write a review for the weekend (for Mashable, natch).
My concern is similar to others - will this just become yet another place I don't look?
I love Pinboard, I have Evernote and I've signed up for at least 10 other similar services (one that I noted I worried about containing to exist on an HN post on its announcement post...it died a year later), etc. But I'm a sucker for this kind of stuff.
Hi! I have plans to develop Raindrop into a big business. And soon it will be very tight integration with the browser (including custom page "New Tab"). Therefore, your bookmarks will always be on hand in a browser, or mobile device.
I'll be insanely grateful if you make a note in Mashable!
I don't have pinboard, but i believe some of the differences are:
It gives screenshots, It saves content for later and it's an official Opera extension (pinboard doesn't have an official one).
Edit: Raindrop.io also let's you save the content of video. That's a pretty handy feature pinboard and dragdis don't have. I don't know of anyone else that has it.
Why does chrome keep showing a "Translate this" button on pages (i'm on signup page). There is something which is making it think it is not in English. Just a heads-up!
Raindrop outsources some of their development to Ukraine. Perhaps, someone left `<html lang="ru">` somewhere. Many IDEs and editors use system language inside their HTML templates by default. I think, WebStorm does it, maybe some others.
In addition, many companies like Facebook offer localized versions of SDK downloads and Widget scripts. Thus, when a developer somewhere in China downloads the SDK and puts the <script> tags on their page, people from all over the world will see Facebook authentication dialog in Chinese.
Ahw crap :( I was working on something similar. But this looks really good. Now they just have to get over that "hug of death" and pay for a bigger server.
As for money generation- sooner or later you will probably see ads in certain areas unless you sign up for a premium plan.
Finding a competitor to a project you have yet to launch can be disheartening, for sure. But, take it this way.. You just got confirmation that there is a market for what you're building. Plus, you can see what they are doing wrong, and do those things right :)
Send a nightly or weekly recap of stuff you've bookmarked (possibly with an indicator of how many other people bookmarked the same items over the time period). Maybe even with a 'click here to organize/tag' link to help me manage things on a regular basis.
I'd probably pay up to $10/year for something like that. I bookmark a lot, but then forget about things. A service that reminded me what I bookmarked would be great.
If only I could export my links, images, etc from Pocket and Pinterest. This would make the migration process easier--but in the mean time, I'm just going to stick with what I have for my sense of laziness.
When I upload my html bookmark file, Raindrop shows all of the folders within the file, but when I click on import all I get told that I have no bookmarks. Something seems to be broken.
Well 7 hours later and my imported bookmarks are still not done being processed. I bookmark often but I only have less that 1000 bookmarks total, I understand that they might be getting slammed with traffic ATM but I seeing how this could have been done all in JS I am a little annoyed that I can't try this out due to the delay.
Yeah, I just downloaded the iOS app and while I was able to guess login/signup links the login link doesn't have an option for authenticating with google (Which is what I used to sign up).
But it needs more work to be useful to me. For instance, I don't always want to save the contents of the webpage, but just the link along with some notes or tags.
I have developed a much much simpler variation for myself which is actually nothing more than a personal clone from old school del.icio.us: http://i.imgur.com/7jnTyvC.png
I use it now for almost 5 years and have more than 10 thousands bookmarks in it. If there is any interest, I will put it up on Github.
Pocket is limiting me on articles only.. (psychologically). I always wanted an app where I can save my links, for say images on the web, or videos with a description of the timestamp I have reached at. Maybe I want to keep bookmarks for later, but it's not worthy for it to be in my bookmarks bar in my browser and it's not an article (say at top 20 list to submit your startup written by a YC user).
They have an app (for android at least, not sure about iOS) with which you can share stuff to.
So from your (mobile/desktop) browser you can store anything that has a url.
