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Ask HN: Why bookmark when you can keep the text too? (check out my web clippings app)
Hey all,
A while back I got frustrated with my growing pile of bookmarks, bookmark files, links in text files, etc. clipng is my implementation of a solution: it uses a bookmarklet to collect the current selection from any page. Call that a clipping. Clippings are taggable, shareable, and searchable. You can also view others' clippings and subscribe to a particular tag or user by way of an Atom feed.
The interface is still rough and my indexing could be faster but I already use it every day.
Have at and let me know what you think!
- hedgehog 18y agoHello all, A while back I got frustrated with the folders full of disorganized bookmarks I'd accumulated. After some thought about how to solve it I built an app that's working well for me. I'm soliciting feedback to see what I can do to make it work well for other people. clipng is based on the following ideas: - I'm usually only interested in part of a page (a particular insightful piece, code snippet, recipe, etc) - If I could collect the good parts all in one place then I could tag them and make them searchable. To implement this I made the following: - A bookmarklet that, when clicked, collects the current selection and some information about the current page (I call it a "clipping") - A site that handles tagging and indexing for your clippings (I used App Engine) Enjoy, -Choong