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Managify – Content Management Platform for Projects, Notes, Bookmarks, Passwords

27 points by tejas1mehta 9y ago

bachmeier 9y ago
The site isn't very informative. How is this different from the many established and trusted alternatives out there? What happens to my information if I put it on your servers? Is there a phone app? It says "Sign Up For Free" but we know there has to be a monetization strategy to stay in business. How much does (whatever is being sold) cost? It's a crowded space and I see no obvious reason to put all of my data into this particular walled garden.
- conorgil145 9y ago
  Some of the same exact questions that I had. It seems like an odd combination of features for one company to tackle. Building a secure password manager, for example, is non trivial and requires some serious security/crypto knowledge. Do I trust the same company to build a password manager as one who builds something to manage my bookmarks? Of course, the same engineers could be capable of both, but it seems like an unexpected combination.
- tejas1mehta 9y ago
  Primary Differences from established alternatives: 1. Unique User Interface/Features Examples: - Intuitive keyboard shortcuts makes the tasks component in the projects module work almost like a free-text editor, making it super-fast but structured. - Customizable labels that can be organized within folders, allowing the same document to effectively be in multiple folders through the labels. This provides the right dimensionality for quickly identifying the relevant resources. For instance, you can have 30 labels organized in 6 different high-level categories. You can use the specific label or high-level category for quick filtering based upon what you are interested in. - RegEx Search. Surprisingly few applications have RegEx search + labels. These 2 can work great together for filtering purposes. 2. Single Platform and Uniform Interface across different resources 3. Free Free because of low variable cost and efficient development. There isn't a phone app but the web application is cross-device compatible. Your passwords are encrypted using AES-256 with your Managify account's password as the key. The password tokens are then stored in the databases. We do not store enough information to be able to decrypt your passwords.
sterex 9y ago
Somehow I was hoping this was open source.
mxuribe 9y ago
So...it is a wiki/knowledge base...hosted by others on your behalf? Er, that is, its a wiki/knowledgebase - hosted by others - with features added for some specific use-cases (e.g. encrypted text data like passwords, widgets to automate adding bookmarks, etc.)...?
thaumaturgy 9y ago
Clipping your screenshots to stock photos of Apple devices doesn't advertise your product, it advertises Apple's. I've gotten reluctant to use any hosted services because so many of them have such short lifespans. Warehousing a bunch of data on someone else's platform, and coming to rely on it, only to have it disappear (or "pivot", or get acqui-hired and thrown away) a short time later isn't something I have any patience left for.
cd0x23 9y ago
You have to understand that, nobody will ever use your password manager in it's current state. There's little to no reasons to trust it whatsoever. I do like the search features though.
dewey 9y ago
Who are you? There's no information who runs this show but I'm supposed to trust you with my passwords, bookmarks, notes?
ben174 9y ago
That name choice is rough. So easy to misread, so difficult to remember and spell.
- turc1656 9y ago
  I didn't even realize it wasn't "Magnify" until I saw your comment! And I went and read the entire site!
  - nobodyorother 9y ago
    I actually like Magnify a lot better: focus on the things that matter.
    - m1k3r420 9y ago
      Yoink.
timthelion 9y ago
Why in heavens name is this a .org domain name.
- UncleSam 9y ago
  Why does it matter? There are so many available TLDs now that it shouldn't really matter which one you choose. Too many people seem to think that .org can only be used by non-profit organizations - which is simply not true.
  - timthelion 9y ago
    It should be only used by non-profits.
    - UncleSam 9y ago
      According to what? There is no restriction when you register a domain. org is short for organization, just like com is short for company. I see lots of .com websites owned by individuals or non-companies. It is definitely a guideline and not a hard-fast rule. The only TLDs that are actually enforced are ones like .gov and .edu.
threecheese 9y ago
Does it support Project dependencies?

27 points by tejas1mehta 9y ago

The site isn't very informative. How is this different from the many established and trusted alternatives out there? What happens to my information if I put it on your servers? Is there a phone app? It says "Sign Up For Free" but we know there has to be a monetization strategy to stay in business. How much does (whatever is being sold) cost? It's a crowded space and I see no obvious reason to put all of my data into this particular walled garden.

conorgil145 9y ago
Some of the same exact questions that I had. It seems like an odd combination of features for one company to tackle. Building a secure password manager, for example, is non trivial and requires some serious security/crypto knowledge. Do I trust the same company to build a password manager as one who builds something to manage my bookmarks? Of course, the same engineers could be capable of both, but it seems like an unexpected combination.
tejas1mehta 9y ago
Primary Differences from established alternatives: 1. Unique User Interface/Features Examples: - Intuitive keyboard shortcuts makes the tasks component in the projects module work almost like a free-text editor, making it super-fast but structured. - Customizable labels that can be organized within folders, allowing the same document to effectively be in multiple folders through the labels. This provides the right dimensionality for quickly identifying the relevant resources. For instance, you can have 30 labels organized in 6 different high-level categories. You can use the specific label or high-level category for quick filtering based upon what you are interested in. - RegEx Search. Surprisingly few applications have RegEx search + labels. These 2 can work great together for filtering purposes. 2. Single Platform and Uniform Interface across different resources 3. Free Free because of low variable cost and efficient development. There isn't a phone app but the web application is cross-device compatible. Your passwords are encrypted using AES-256 with your Managify account's password as the key. The password tokens are then stored in the databases. We do not store enough information to be able to decrypt your passwords.

sterex 9y ago

Somehow I was hoping this was open source.

mxuribe 9y ago

So...it is a wiki/knowledge base...hosted by others on your behalf? Er, that is, its a wiki/knowledgebase - hosted by others - with features added for some specific use-cases (e.g. encrypted text data like passwords, widgets to automate adding bookmarks, etc.)...?

thaumaturgy 9y ago

Clipping your screenshots to stock photos of Apple devices doesn't advertise your product, it advertises Apple's. I've gotten reluctant to use any hosted services because so many of them have such short lifespans. Warehousing a bunch of data on someone else's platform, and coming to rely on it, only to have it disappear (or "pivot", or get acqui-hired and thrown away) a short time later isn't something I have any patience left for.

cd0x23 9y ago

You have to understand that, nobody will ever use your password manager in it's current state. There's little to no reasons to trust it whatsoever. I do like the search features though.

dewey 9y ago

Who are you? There's no information who runs this show but I'm supposed to trust you with my passwords, bookmarks, notes?

ben174 9y ago

That name choice is rough. So easy to misread, so difficult to remember and spell.

turc1656 9y ago
I didn't even realize it wasn't "Magnify" until I saw your comment! And I went and read the entire site!
- nobodyorother 9y ago
  I actually like Magnify a lot better: focus on the things that matter.
  - m1k3r420 9y ago
    Yoink.

timthelion 9y ago

Why in heavens name is this a .org domain name.

UncleSam 9y ago
Why does it matter? There are so many available TLDs now that it shouldn't really matter which one you choose. Too many people seem to think that .org can only be used by non-profit organizations - which is simply not true.
- timthelion 9y ago
  It should be only used by non-profits.
  - UncleSam 9y ago
    According to what? There is no restriction when you register a domain. org is short for organization, just like com is short for company. I see lots of .com websites owned by individuals or non-companies. It is definitely a guideline and not a hard-fast rule. The only TLDs that are actually enforced are ones like .gov and .edu.

threecheese 9y ago

Does it support Project dependencies?