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Ask HN: What's your favorite “read later” web tool?
- vram22 11y agoI mean, a "read later" web tool that has the least friction in terms of use? Things like Pocket, etc. Tried a few, not for long, don't know of many; would appreciate hearing experiences of what worked for others.
- specifictso 11y agoThis amazing thing called "bookmarks". Changed my life tbh
- vram22 11y agoIs that the best you could do? :) In terms of jokes, I mean.
- marcolinux 11y agoNot sure if you are joking but I use bookmarks as my preferred read-later tool. Firefox helps a lot with sync, open all in tabs, bookmark all and click/drag to reorder links. I just put the link in "atHome" folder so to read it with more attention at,you guessed, home. The folder "atWork" is reserved for links where I must run some code, test some new library, etc due to more powerful machine. I have another folder "daily", for sites I visit every day (hn, soylentNews, hackaday, etc) and long posts eg with chapters (books, for instance); The folder "Weekly", for low volume sites, basically comics. This, together with some speed reading, BS skipping and troll detect works very well, to the point Im often run out of things to read.
- vram22 11y agoInteresting, this is the kind of feedback I was looking for, thanks. I did try bookmarks quite a while ago (IIRC, in Firefox), including a few of the things you mention. I think I found it had some limitations. But that was a while ago. Maybe I didn't try enough variations or tweaking of it. Will check it out again.
- tedmiston 11y agoI always felt Firefox's Unsorted Bookmarks was a great inbox for articles to read later or ones you're not sure whether to read yet. I'm kind of surprised that concept hasn't made it Chrome or Safari. Likewise with bookmark tagging.
- dmuth 11y agoI'm a big fan of Instapaper (www.instapaper.com) myself.
- juriansluiman 11y agoExpecting a discussion or just a poll? Anyhow, I prefer pocket. I have a Kobo ereader and it has perfect integration with pocket. Every article I receive on my phone, laptop, tablet or get send via email, I read via the ereader. It just works great. Perhaps to mention, I am not using any of the tagging features. It just takes more time to categorize than scrolling a list.
- vram22 11y agoThanks for the details. >Expecting a discussion or just a poll? Hoping for discussions, like what you have done, i.e. not just saying "I like product Foo" but why.
- Fastidious 11y agoI prefer Pocket (https://getpocket.com/ https://getpocket.com/). It is clean, it works very well, and it is free. I use it under iOS and OS X.
- speg 11y agoI use Safari's reading list on iOS and OS X.
- vram22 11y agoCool. I don't use a Mac though. Linux and Windows.
- lovelearning 11y agoMy preferred tool is Evernote. I love its multilevel categorization feature.
- vram22 11y agoI've tried Evernote earlier (on mobile), found it seemed buggy.
- 1123581321 11y agoI used to be a heavy Instapaper user with its Kindle digests. Then I used Amazon's bookmarklet to send articles to Kindle. Now I save articles as tasks in Google Inbox because it's easier to see when they are piling up.
- vram22 11y agoNice idea about Google tasks.
- 1123581321 11y agoIn Inbox, Google makes a little 'card' of the article with an autopreview of the title and occasionally an image. It's helpful for scanning. And you can just click the link without having to open the task details or copy-paste the URL in the title.
- nyddle 11y agoPocket. I collect all interesting stuff there and read it through once a year on winter holidays.
- wirddin 11y agoOnce a year? Those must be some really interesting posts :) How many, though? They have started this new Recommendation thing in the beta version, now this makes sense.
- J_Darnley 11y agoThe unloaded tabs in my browser after it last crashed and bookmarks for things I want to read again.
- refrigerator 11y agoI've used Pocket for quite a few years. Previously I don't think there's been much difference between Pocket and competitors, but the new beta of their app has good 'recommended' things for you to read, and lets you follow other users to see the stuff that they 'recommend' - pretty great way to get interesting content.
- vram22 11y agoThanks, that does sound like it'd make Pocket more useful - both of those last points.
- refrigerator 11y agoI've used Pocket for quite a few years. Previously I don't think there's been much difference between Pocket and competitors, but the new beta of their app has good 'recommended' things for you to read, and lets you follow other users to see the stuff that they 'recommend' - pretty great way to get interesting content.
- tedmiston 11y agoInstapaper - notably because I can highlight and make private annotations on all text. I find it helps to synthesize one's thoughts for discussion and future reference.