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Kippt (YC S12), An “Evernote For The Web”, Lures Devs With New API, App Gallery

41 points by swohns 14y ago

egonschiele 14y ago
Why do I need to login to look at your plans and pricing?
- jorde 14y ago
  Sorry about that, we'll be moving that to a public page soon (now part of settings, hence login requirement)
  - ninetax 14y ago
    Hey is there any way I can import all of my evernote stuff into Kippt? I'm willing to try Kippt out, but not willing to copy over 100's of bookmarks or use 2 services. Thanks!
    - jorde 14y ago
      Unfortunately no, Kippt data structure is pretty different from Evernote's (links+plain text vs html+attachements) and building an importer for that would be pretty complicated.
      - mh- 14y ago
        when I link GitHub and then click 'setup sync', I get sent to a URL on old.kippt.com which results in an SSL error, since the cert presented is for *.herokuapp.com. edit: obviously happens with anything that lands on old.kippt.com :)
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jenntoda 14y ago
The image based collections threw me at first - I like textual information in lists, not tiles. But then I saw the phone pad like icon (top right hand corner). Tiles for image collections and lists for articles - w00t! :D
eterpstra 14y ago
Isn't www.evernote.com the "Evernote for The Web"?
dave1619 14y ago
Who are Kippt's main competitors?
- joeblau 14y ago
  I think it's Pinterest, but I haven't been able to figure that out yet.
- mnicole 14y ago
  Pinboard, keeeb, Evernote, [Snip.it], del.icio.us, Pinterest to name a few of the image + article ones. Lookwork, Clipboard, icebur.gs, Image Spark, ConceptBoard, et al for image-only bookmarking.
orangethirty 14y ago
I'm not looking to rain on your parade or anything. I see the value of this product, but I have a question. Why did you use an inbox for the user's data? I reason it is not the right definition. People hate the inbox. It actually turns them off from using products/services. I've tested it and mentioning the word inbox makes conversions plummet. I would call it collections, queue, stack, or something else. Even panel. I do like the process to join in, but I would test the flow through which people create accounts. I'd have them start saving stuff first, then requiring a password to save the data. Anyhow, good luck
- lukeholder 14y ago
  My guess is that inbox allows people to add more to kippt because it decreases the mental effort required to file the item into the correct tag/folder. Its a dumping ground were you add things and promise to sort later.

41 points by swohns 14y ago

egonschiele 14y ago

Why do I need to login to look at your plans and pricing?

jorde 14y ago
Sorry about that, we'll be moving that to a public page soon (now part of settings, hence login requirement)
- ninetax 14y ago
  Hey is there any way I can import all of my evernote stuff into Kippt? I'm willing to try Kippt out, but not willing to copy over 100's of bookmarks or use 2 services. Thanks!
  - jorde 14y ago
    Unfortunately no, Kippt data structure is pretty different from Evernote's (links+plain text vs html+attachements) and building an importer for that would be pretty complicated.
    - mh- 14y ago
      when I link GitHub and then click 'setup sync', I get sent to a URL on old.kippt.com which results in an SSL error, since the cert presented is for *.herokuapp.com. edit: obviously happens with anything that lands on old.kippt.com :)

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jenntoda 14y ago

The image based collections threw me at first - I like textual information in lists, not tiles. But then I saw the phone pad like icon (top right hand corner). Tiles for image collections and lists for articles - w00t! :D

eterpstra 14y ago

Isn't www.evernote.com the "Evernote for The Web"?

dave1619 14y ago

Who are Kippt's main competitors?

joeblau 14y ago
I think it's Pinterest, but I haven't been able to figure that out yet.
mnicole 14y ago
Pinboard, keeeb, Evernote, [Snip.it], del.icio.us, Pinterest to name a few of the image + article ones. Lookwork, Clipboard, icebur.gs, Image Spark, ConceptBoard, et al for image-only bookmarking.

orangethirty 14y ago

I'm not looking to rain on your parade or anything. I see the value of this product, but I have a question. Why did you use an inbox for the user's data? I reason it is not the right definition. People hate the inbox. It actually turns them off from using products/services. I've tested it and mentioning the word inbox makes conversions plummet. I would call it collections, queue, stack, or something else. Even panel. I do like the process to join in, but I would test the flow through which people create accounts. I'd have them start saving stuff first, then requiring a password to save the data. Anyhow, good luck

lukeholder 14y ago
My guess is that inbox allows people to add more to kippt because it decreases the mental effort required to file the item into the correct tag/folder. Its a dumping ground were you add things and promise to sort later.