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Hey HN, I'm Fedor, co-founder, and designer of Alfread, read-later app with a focus on the reading habit. Internet is full of talented writers, articles, and
by shkliarau 5y ago
Hey HN,
I'm Fedor, co-founder, and designer of Alfread, read-later app with a focus on the reading habit.
Internet is full of talented writers, articles, and newsletters that are worth reading, not just saving. Our goal with Alfread is to create a place that feels exciting to come back to. For new knowledge from your saved articles, for fresh perspectives on old topics, and sometimes for fun!
But a read-later app is not a to-do list. Not every article has to be read, it's not a chore.
That's why Alfread helps manage your queue giving quick actions to archiving and snoozing with a familiar Tinder-like interface.
We know, how hard it is to start and keep using new apps. To ensure a smooth start and get the most out of Alfread fast, you can connect your Instapaper/Pocket account to sync all your unread links.
Here's how Dustin McCaffree described his experience with the app:
"As soon as I signed up, I had content and value. It just uses Instapaper or Pocket like usual for me to collect articles. But then it reminds me to read, lets me set streaks, allows me to "read later" or "archive." Then, if I haven't read them after a month, it'll auto-archive them. Boom "
Give it a try and let us know what you think!
- mikejulietbravo 5y agoThis is great. I always feel like I have to read stuff because I’ll forget to do it later and I hate the “reading list” thing in apple
- shkliarau 5y agoHa, why do you hate the reading list in apple? A few people asked us to sync their reading lists to Alfread but Apple doesn't allow that, of course
- finiteseries 5y agoThey don’t allow it in their TOS or App Store guidelines? Desktop Safari supports bookmark (& reading list) export via an HTML file on the off chance you’re not aware, and it isn’t banned.
- shkliarau 5y agoWe might be talking about different things: one off export is possible like you mentioned but no way to sync saved links to the reading list continuously as there’re no API’s for that from Apple
- AJRF 5y agoOn Desktop Safari the reading list is stored in a Bookmarks plist file you can grab and filter out Reading List items from, might be worth having some little desktop util for a 1 time sync to move people onto your platform? It's not ideal, but it's better than nothing. Here is an example with some code showing how someone did it so they could upload it to Pinboard: https://brettterpstra.com/2015/01/06/reading-list-catcher/ https://brettterpstra.com/2015/01/06/reading-list-catcher/
- theshrike79 5y agoAdd pinboard support for us who don't use Pocket or Instapaper, and you've got at least one extra user :)
- shkliarau 5y agoWe might!
- spondyl 5y agoA small quirk of onboarding is that if you select a suggested time slot (ie; when you arrive at work) and go back after thinking "Ah actually, maybe at bed", it doesn't give you the timeslot suggestions again.
- shkliarau 5y agoGood catch!