Ok, great, it's another cloud-based bookmark manager. So what?
I mean, what is the difference between this and umpteen other similar services? A better API, better browser integration, what?
I say this constructively, as a perennial mourner of the original del.icio.us, constantly hoping that one day we'll get a service that:
- integrates seamlessly with browsers (at least FF & Chrome)
- provides a solid API for other people to integrate with niche browsers and system
- provides solid syndication and social-sharing features, again integrated with browsers
- makes me actually get back and read a lot of stuff I casually bookmark and never actually get back to.
- makes it easy to prune old bookmarks, tag them, and manage them in flexible ways
- optionally, provides a "snapshot" feature to make sure I never actually get a broken link if I go back to a very old bookmark.
I don't know of any service that satisfies all these requirements yet (although I'm open to suggestions, of course), so I'd be interested in knowing what booky.io aims for.
> I don't know of any service that satisfies all these requirements yet (although I'm open to suggestions, of course)
Former delicious user here too. I use Pinboard [1]. It's not free but has been working great for me for years. Has an API, extensions, bookmarklets, a 'toread' category, public/private bookmarks and really good tagging.
Hi, my name is Nico and I'm the creator of booky. What you are describing is an all-in-one service. In germany we call that "Eierlegende Wollmilchsau" :). The aim of booky is a different one. Most of the services out there are overloaded with features. A bookmark is something simple. It's just a link with a name and maybe an icon. We want to focus on managing links and do it good. There are three things that are important to us and that I'd like to point out:
- Mobile support, Performance, Customizability
So why did I create booky.io?
I was looking for a web bookmark manager with good mobile support. I'm a frontend developer and I also have high standards in terms of site performance. Most of the services I tested tried to be the ultimate solution (which is okay, some people are looking for that), but I wanted something simpler. I got a lot of feedback from people looking for something similar, so I created booky.io.
I'd like to see one that can deal with thousands of bookmarks all in reach, through whatever the developer thinks works. Say it's tags. Say I can write import rules so that all HN posts are tagged HN, then I can search for ruby and check that they are all about the language rather than the gem then tag them ruby.
I have a couple of features likes this with https://stashit.pw but still working to do more with it. Feel free to check it out and drop me a line and I'd be happy to listen to your feedback and others to build the app that people want.
I mean, what is the difference between this and umpteen other similar services? A better API, better browser integration, what?
I say this constructively, as a perennial mourner of the original del.icio.us, constantly hoping that one day we'll get a service that:
- integrates seamlessly with browsers (at least FF & Chrome)
- provides a solid API for other people to integrate with niche browsers and system
- provides solid syndication and social-sharing features, again integrated with browsers
- makes me actually get back and read a lot of stuff I casually bookmark and never actually get back to.
- makes it easy to prune old bookmarks, tag them, and manage them in flexible ways
- optionally, provides a "snapshot" feature to make sure I never actually get a broken link if I go back to a very old bookmark.
I don't know of any service that satisfies all these requirements yet (although I'm open to suggestions, of course), so I'd be interested in knowing what booky.io aims for.