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Two thoughts: - I like the no-nonsense landing page, but what I'd like more is to be able to see what the product actually looks like without having to sign up
by justusthane 3y ago
Two thoughts:
- I like the no-nonsense landing page, but what I'd like more is to be able to see what the product actually looks like without having to sign up. At least screenshots, but a demo would be nice.
- I'm looking to migrate away from Pinboard, but I like how you can see all of a user's bookmarks (e.g: https://pinboard.in/u:justusthane https://pinboard.in/u:justusthane) unless they mark them private. I get that the point of Webtag is it's private by default, but it would also be cool if this was an option.
- egonschiele 3y agoJust curious, why are you planning to migrate away from Pinboard? I have been meaning to sign up for years.
- blangk 3y agoPinboard is pretty great, especially with a perpetual accpubt
- asdefghyk 3y agoI plan on leaving. I am unable to download all copies of ny bookmarks from my archival account. Have sent support request about this never any response. Support requests are often not answered. Google around , you will see plenty of other complaints in my opinion.
- justusthane 3y agoI've been been a Pinboard fan for years. I paid $11 for lifetime access back in 2011, and "upgraded" to an annual plan with archival in 2021 (mostly because I wanted to support the continued development of Pinboard, and that the time Marciej mentioned new features that were supposedly coming). I love Maciej's work, writing[0], and general vibe. Pinboard acquiring del.icio.us[1] after Yahoo drove it into the ground is one of the most delicious (pardon the pun) acquisition stories in tech history I think. I also enjoyed his micro-incubator thing[2] (I think he was giving grants of $50 or something). Unfortunately over the past several years it just feels like he's gotten burnt out on Pinboard and has stopped developing and is barely supporting it. I guess that's fine if everything works properly, but I don't really have a lot of confidence in the future of Pinboard anymore. I personally haven't had any actual problems with Pinboard yet, but have read several accounts by others who have and have found support poor to non-existent. [0]: https://idlewords.com/ https://idlewords.com/ [1]: https://blog.pinboard.in/2017/06/pinboard_acquires_delicious/ https://blog.pinboard.in/2017/06/pinboard_acquires_delicious... [2]: https://blog.pinboard.in/2013/01/pinboard_co_prosperity_winners/ https://blog.pinboard.in/2013/01/pinboard_co_prosperity_winn...
- marttt 3y agoHave you also considered Linkhut as an alternative? [1] I like it a lot, but I'm addicted to Pinboard's autocompletion of tags, so I haven't made an ultimate switch (I'm also with Pinboard since ~2010-2011). Would be great, indeed, to see a working instance of Webtag. 1: https://ln.ht https://ln.ht
- landhar 3y agoCurious, what do you mean by “autocompletion of tags”?
- marttt 3y agoJust the typical thing: while adding a bookmark, when I start typing in the first letters of a tag (e.g. "hack" for "hackernews"), Pinboard is offering a drop-down menu with possible matches. Linkhut didn't have this last time I checked. It is maybe not a big issue, though -- possibly, relying on your own memory (not programmatically offered suggestions), your tagcloud may get less messy over time; you'll end up with a smaller amount of tags, which may be a good thing at times. I think I like 'em both, Pinboard and Linkhut, though.
- justusthane 3y agoI’ll check it out, thanks! Ideally I’m looking for something that’s self-hosted and also supports archival, but maybe that’s too much to ask.