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Also, wanted to thanks all you guys for reviewing Polar and there's a lot of good feedback here. In a nutshell: 1. I'm working on more document formats includ
by burtonator 8y ago
Also, wanted to thanks all you guys for reviewing Polar and there's a lot of good feedback here.
In a nutshell:
1. I'm working on more document formats including Markdown and ePub.
2. I'm working on some preliminary support for reference management so we can lookup the full reference info via DOI and have reference formatters for you to use for your research. Some of the DOI storage is already done.
3. I'm working on a webapp and mobile support. Probably a month away.
4. The captured web content isn't actually converted to PDF - it's actually a cached web archive. Full HTML is kept in your repo.
5. Polar 2.0 will be more web aware. You can annotate anything without actually having to store the full thing in Polar. We will just store a URL.
6. Pagemarks will be improved her shortly so you can toggle them on and off and possibly even highlight through them directly.
7. There are definitely small bugs and fit and finish issue we're working on. If you have an issue please report it: https://github.com/burtonator/polar-bookshelf/issues https://github.com/burtonator/polar-bookshelf/issues
8. Yes. Polar isn't fully self hosted but that defeats the point. My cure hypothesis is that knowledge benefits from being social which is the main thing I'm trying to test. By the time I'm done I think 95% of you would agree that keeping it private is insane as you don't benefit from the community.
9. If you like Polar please consider donating. https://opencollective.com/polar-bookshelf https://opencollective.com/polar-bookshelf ... we've received essentially zero Open Source contributions from the community and very little funding.
- dare2deviate 8y agoThis is cool! I am working on something similar but a slight variation on intelligence augmentation and memory recall. Would love to chat with you, if interested.
- burtonator 8y agoSure.. jump on the discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/GT8MhA6 https://discordapp.com/invite/GT8MhA6
- dangoor 8y agoI asked about mobile in a sibling comment. > 3. I'm working on a webapp and mobile support. Probably a month away. Okay, that would likely be fine. I'd suggest at least creating a iOS Shortcut to save to your webapp because not being able to save via the normal share sheet would be a drag.
- ajvs 8y ago> 8. Yes. Polar isn't fully self hosted but that defeats the point. My cure hypothesis is that knowledge benefits from being social which is the main thing I'm trying to test. By the time I'm done I think 95% of you would agree that keeping it private is insane as you don't benefit from the community. Then why are you calling it a Personal Knowledge Repository? It sounds more like you're trying to make it a social media network.