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I love Pocket. I'm a paying customer. But… I'm also super annoyed by its bugs and will be happy to switch to a payed alternative, that: 1. has a decent HTML p
by jkbr 11y ago
I love Pocket. I'm a paying customer. But… I'm also super annoyed by its bugs and will be happy to switch to a payed alternative, that:
1. has a decent HTML parser that doesn't omit images from articles all the bloody time
2. implements a proper state restoration mechanism for its iOS app. It's exhausting having to scroll through my entire article list trying to find the one I was reading (and then finding the original position) every time I switch to Safari to look something up and then back
3. has a highlights & notes feature as a bonus
Please?
- bthdonohue 11y agoI work at Instapaper, which competes with Pocket. We have #2 and #3, #1 is a difficult problem and we face the same challenges as Pocket and others.
- achompas 11y agoI use Instapaper, and switched from Pocket way back when for these exact reasons (highlights and saving my position). They're implemented wonderfully.
- jkbr 11y agoThis sounds promising. Pocket's inability to remember the current article/position is one of the most obvious, annoying, and (at least by me) reported bugs ever. It makes the app close to useless. Yet they're unwilling to do anything about it. So I'll happily switch for this alone. And highlights/notes is a dream comes true Going to give Instapaper a shot. Thanks!