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Like many others here, I switched to pinboard a while ago. And strangely enough, even though that is run by a single person, I trust it more to respond to users

by mhd 15y ago

Like many others here, I switched to pinboard a while ago. And strangely enough, even though that is run by a single person, I trust it more to respond to users wishes and generally be updated. Don't care about the social aspects, so the user base really doesn't matter to me. I want my bookmarks managed, if somebody else has to share something, blogs and twitter are sufficient, I don't need to bookmark-stalk someone… And is it just me or did their default bookmarklet add those silly stacks, but drop tag autocompletion?

apricot13 15y ago
>And is it just me or did their default bookmarklet add those silly stacks, but drop tag autocompletion? no, its not just you! its done it for me too! its so frustrating! My browser crashed when I tried to create a stack!
johnx123-up 15y ago
If you don't care about social aspects, why can you just live with browser sync? (really asking)
- mhd 15y ago
  I do use browser sync, but to be honest, most of what I have there is just some work-related, frequently used items and bookmarlets, i.e. mostly stuff in the bookmark bar. Pinboard/delicious has some vital advantages for me – first, it works across browsers, so whether I'm using Chrome or Firefox, I can still access them. Never mind bookmarking something from an iOS or Android device… Also, the UI for doing that is a lot better, tagging, search etc. Some stuff you bookmark is a simple "read later" or "read on another device" list, but I do it for lot of articles and sites that might come in convenient some vague time in the future.
- zbuc 15y ago
  The tagging is really nice for organizing things, and having the date you bookmarked it associated is nice as well. I know I'll sometimes think, "What was that site I looked at last year that had that cool ____?" and it's pretty easy to find if you can just scroll through by date bookmarked.
  - johnx123-up 15y ago
    To filter by date, Google's web history is better than delicious with heatmap stuffs, IMHO (YMMV)

by mhd 15y ago

apricot13 15y ago

>And is it just me or did their default bookmarklet add those silly stacks, but drop tag autocompletion? no, its not just you! its done it for me too! its so frustrating! My browser crashed when I tried to create a stack!

johnx123-up 15y ago

If you don't care about social aspects, why can you just live with browser sync? (really asking)

mhd 15y ago
I do use browser sync, but to be honest, most of what I have there is just some work-related, frequently used items and bookmarlets, i.e. mostly stuff in the bookmark bar. Pinboard/delicious has some vital advantages for me – first, it works across browsers, so whether I'm using Chrome or Firefox, I can still access them. Never mind bookmarking something from an iOS or Android device… Also, the UI for doing that is a lot better, tagging, search etc. Some stuff you bookmark is a simple "read later" or "read on another device" list, but I do it for lot of articles and sites that might come in convenient some vague time in the future.
zbuc 15y ago
The tagging is really nice for organizing things, and having the date you bookmarked it associated is nice as well. I know I'll sometimes think, "What was that site I looked at last year that had that cool ____?" and it's pretty easy to find if you can just scroll through by date bookmarked.
- johnx123-up 15y ago
  To filter by date, Google's web history is better than delicious with heatmap stuffs, IMHO (YMMV)