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I’ve used raindrop for a year and sadly it’s been a horror story. To begin with it’s a complete maze just to subscribe to it. Second, a serious bug was released

I’ve used raindrop for a year and sadly it’s been a horror story. To begin with it’s a complete maze just to subscribe to it. Second, a serious bug was released that replaced all my bookmarks with some random spam video. Third, the ultimate deal breaker which happened a few days ago, was that the iPad app is so buggy that it deleted all my bookmarks when I tried to simply move a folder to a different folder since the navigation is so broken I was left with no choice. A years worth of bookmarks went “poof!” in a second; words can’t express my rage. My advice, drop raindrop before it drops your bookmarks.

haswell 6y ago
Thanks for sharing - this is very timely information. I've been trying to get my bookmarks under control, and I decided to start evaluating Raindrop. My biggest issue up front was how slow and somewhat clunk it felt. For something that manages bookmarks, it needs to be fast an unobtrusive. It shouldn't feel like a chore to create a bookmark. Maybe I was using it wrong. In any case, I'm glad I'm ending the experiment early. I truly hope they can sort these issues out.
- FalconSensei 6y ago
  > It shouldn't feel like a chore to create a bookmark. I feel that this is the problem with any bookmark manager, as they are going to be an extension, and you can't drag'n'drop to your navbar, or even see the bookmarks there. On the other hand, I think their web-clipper (both extension and bookmarklet) works very well, considering you have more (optional) information to input, like the tags. If I compare creating a chrome bookmark vs raindrop, without adding tags, just folder, I have the same number of clicks. So I'm not aware how they would make it feel less of a chore
- mthoms 6y ago
  This very release is supposed to sort the speed issues out. Hopefully it does, because that's been my only complaint. If you otherwise liked it, it might be worth taking a second look.
NetOpWibby 6y ago
I can’t imagine, damn. My condolences. F

haswell 6y ago

Thanks for sharing - this is very timely information. I've been trying to get my bookmarks under control, and I decided to start evaluating Raindrop. My biggest issue up front was how slow and somewhat clunk it felt. For something that manages bookmarks, it needs to be fast an unobtrusive. It shouldn't feel like a chore to create a bookmark. Maybe I was using it wrong. In any case, I'm glad I'm ending the experiment early. I truly hope they can sort these issues out.

FalconSensei 6y ago
> It shouldn't feel like a chore to create a bookmark. I feel that this is the problem with any bookmark manager, as they are going to be an extension, and you can't drag'n'drop to your navbar, or even see the bookmarks there. On the other hand, I think their web-clipper (both extension and bookmarklet) works very well, considering you have more (optional) information to input, like the tags. If I compare creating a chrome bookmark vs raindrop, without adding tags, just folder, I have the same number of clicks. So I'm not aware how they would make it feel less of a chore
mthoms 6y ago
This very release is supposed to sort the speed issues out. Hopefully it does, because that's been my only complaint. If you otherwise liked it, it might be worth taking a second look.

NetOpWibby 6y ago

I can’t imagine, damn. My condolences. F