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Show HN: Klipbook, a new online bookmarking tool

18 points by booruguru 14y ago

kennae 14y ago
Some kind of introduction from the devs would be nice. I'm not going to register just to see how it works.
- booruguru 14y ago
  Sorry about that. Check out http://klipbook.net/brainfilter/ http://klipbook.net/brainfilter/
booruguru 14y ago
Well here's my account: http://klipbook.net/brainfilter http://klipbook.net/brainfilter I was going for a minimalist home page, but I'll probably end up create a "tour video" to embed on the home page.
- deconq 14y ago
  What I assume is your user bio is in the wrong place. Because it's placed under the logo, I assumed it was the general description of the site and led to me asking 'who are you?'. It should be placed under your username. Also, why do you hate religion?
fedxc 14y ago
I think it's good overall. I specially like the idea of your links being public so that people can see what you are doing. Is there a way to input links to Klipbbok externally. Like a plugin or bookmarlet?
- booruguru 14y ago
  I have a developer working on a bookmarklet. In a few weeks I hope to have an API ready for apps, browser extensions, etc.
  - fedxc 14y ago
    Nice! I will check it out!
    - booruguru 14y ago
      For anyone who is interested, a bookmarklet is now available. Browser extensions should be ready in a week or so.
sebsauvage 14y ago
Looks nice, but again...: * another closed source service ? * Are there import/export options ? * There is not even a RSS feed ? Sorry for looking like parasiting a topic, but I need to rant: I'm sick of close-source online bookmarking services, especially when I can't import/export all my data. So I'm moving away from them. I want to have control. This my data. I developed my own bookmarking application, Shaarli (opensource, bookmarklet, html import/export, private links, tag cloud, picture wall, "daily" digest and many other features). http://sebsauvage.net/wiki/doku.php?id=php:shaarli http://sebsauvage.net/wiki/doku.php?id=php:shaarli My own instance is: http://sebsauvage.net/links/ http://sebsauvage.net/links/ I don't say hosted services are bad, but I'm definitely done with them.
- booruguru 14y ago
  RSS functionality and exporting will be available in a little while. I wanted users to be able to import Delicious links upon sign-up but my developer ran into some trouble with the Delicious API limits. So I'm looking into alternatives. (Perhaps I'll need to get users to export their Delicious links and upload them to Klipbook. -- If anybody have any suggestions or alternatives, I'd love to hear them.)
  - sebsauvage 14y ago
    Good to know you're working on it. In my experience, Netscape bookmarks html export worked better. But even then I experienced a lot of broken exports from online bookmarking services. This is a pain. Good luck with that.
- StavrosK 14y ago
  How many services are there where you can't import/export your data? I run one (http://historio.us/ http://historio.us/) and import/export has been available from day 1, it's pretty much the most requested feature after actual storage of bookmarks.
  - sebsauvage 14y ago
    I used to be a delicious user. Their export was broken for several months, and they did not show signs of wanting to fix it. I had to write a Python script to backup my data by parsing their HTML pages. Regarding Diigo, their Firefox extension sends every visisted URL to their server. Thanks for the respect of my privacy. Enough is enough.
eevilspock 14y ago
I don't see the value add over the many existing bookmarking services. What am I missing?
- booruguru 14y ago
  Well, it embeds multimedia into the page and it has a more readable, less cluttered design compared to Delicious.
  - halayli 14y ago
    checkout http://getpocket.com http://getpocket.com
    - booruguru 14y ago
      IMHO, I think Klipbook is more streamlined, visually and functionally. Also, with Klipbook other people can discover your links (and eventually will be able to follow them).
      - webwanderings 14y ago
        Have you tried setting up a new Tumblr (they throw in a minimalist theme to start) and use its bookmarklet to gather the links? Bookmarking cannot be more minimalist than that.
tharshan09 14y ago
How is this different to pinboard? except for the embedded multimedia. For me pinboard has the whole package in terms of features. Especially being able to search a tag and see other people's bookmarks. Not sure why I would switch to this though. Other than that I think its a nice project.
- booruguru 14y ago
  Network-wide searching is a feature on the to-do (once there are enough users to make it worthwhile).

18 points by booruguru 14y ago

kennae 14y ago

Some kind of introduction from the devs would be nice. I'm not going to register just to see how it works.

booruguru 14y ago
Sorry about that. Check out http://klipbook.net/brainfilter/ http://klipbook.net/brainfilter/

booruguru 14y ago

Well here's my account: http://klipbook.net/brainfilter http://klipbook.net/brainfilter I was going for a minimalist home page, but I'll probably end up create a "tour video" to embed on the home page.

deconq 14y ago
What I assume is your user bio is in the wrong place. Because it's placed under the logo, I assumed it was the general description of the site and led to me asking 'who are you?'. It should be placed under your username. Also, why do you hate religion?

fedxc 14y ago

I think it's good overall. I specially like the idea of your links being public so that people can see what you are doing. Is there a way to input links to Klipbbok externally. Like a plugin or bookmarlet?

booruguru 14y ago
I have a developer working on a bookmarklet. In a few weeks I hope to have an API ready for apps, browser extensions, etc.
- fedxc 14y ago
  Nice! I will check it out!
  - booruguru 14y ago
    For anyone who is interested, a bookmarklet is now available. Browser extensions should be ready in a week or so.

sebsauvage 14y ago

Looks nice, but again...: * another closed source service ? * Are there import/export options ? * There is not even a RSS feed ? Sorry for looking like parasiting a topic, but I need to rant: I'm sick of close-source online bookmarking services, especially when I can't import/export all my data. So I'm moving away from them. I want to have control. This my data. I developed my own bookmarking application, Shaarli (opensource, bookmarklet, html import/export, private links, tag cloud, picture wall, "daily" digest and many other features). http://sebsauvage.net/wiki/doku.php?id=php:shaarli http://sebsauvage.net/wiki/doku.php?id=php:shaarli My own instance is: http://sebsauvage.net/links/ http://sebsauvage.net/links/ I don't say hosted services are bad, but I'm definitely done with them.

booruguru 14y ago
RSS functionality and exporting will be available in a little while. I wanted users to be able to import Delicious links upon sign-up but my developer ran into some trouble with the Delicious API limits. So I'm looking into alternatives. (Perhaps I'll need to get users to export their Delicious links and upload them to Klipbook. -- If anybody have any suggestions or alternatives, I'd love to hear them.)
- sebsauvage 14y ago
  Good to know you're working on it. In my experience, Netscape bookmarks html export worked better. But even then I experienced a lot of broken exports from online bookmarking services. This is a pain. Good luck with that.
StavrosK 14y ago
How many services are there where you can't import/export your data? I run one (http://historio.us/ http://historio.us/) and import/export has been available from day 1, it's pretty much the most requested feature after actual storage of bookmarks.
- sebsauvage 14y ago
  I used to be a delicious user. Their export was broken for several months, and they did not show signs of wanting to fix it. I had to write a Python script to backup my data by parsing their HTML pages. Regarding Diigo, their Firefox extension sends every visisted URL to their server. Thanks for the respect of my privacy. Enough is enough.

eevilspock 14y ago

I don't see the value add over the many existing bookmarking services. What am I missing?

booruguru 14y ago
Well, it embeds multimedia into the page and it has a more readable, less cluttered design compared to Delicious.
- halayli 14y ago
  checkout http://getpocket.com http://getpocket.com
  - booruguru 14y ago
    IMHO, I think Klipbook is more streamlined, visually and functionally. Also, with Klipbook other people can discover your links (and eventually will be able to follow them).
    - webwanderings 14y ago
      Have you tried setting up a new Tumblr (they throw in a minimalist theme to start) and use its bookmarklet to gather the links? Bookmarking cannot be more minimalist than that.

tharshan09 14y ago

How is this different to pinboard? except for the embedded multimedia. For me pinboard has the whole package in terms of features. Especially being able to search a tag and see other people's bookmarks. Not sure why I would switch to this though. Other than that I think its a nice project.

booruguru 14y ago
Network-wide searching is a feature on the to-do (once there are enough users to make it worthwhile).