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Quick Archive Service For Information Junkies (getterdown.com)
4 points by danielhodgins on July 5, 2009 | hide | past | favorite | 6 comments


Trust is certainly a big issue with web applications. Before building GetterDown I used Basecamp for an instant archive. Their functionality didn't quite suit my needs, but I did trust 37 Signals with my data. Anything that needs extreme protection (banking account info, passwords, etc) I just keep in file folders at home.

Our user permissions and access system forbids us from looking at your user data. As a user I would not want some admin peeking at my personal data, and we want to ensure that users trust our system 100%.

Thanks for your comment, RiderOfGiraffes.


Any feedback about this service? Your constructive criticism is appreciated.


You've mis-spelled "separate".

I'll try it when I'm at a browser for which it works.


Thanks for pointing out the spelling error. Sounds like you had some browser issues with the site.


I use an old browser (Konqueror 3.0.3 on KDE 3.0.3) on an old OS (SuSE 8.1) better suited for plain text than fancy web. It's fine on web 1.0.

Actually your site seems mostly to work. It does seem slow. That might just be my browser taking a long time to work out what to do with what you've sent.

Not sure I'd use the service. Like most people, I guess, I've already got systems that scratch the itch, and I'm reluctant to put important stuff in someone else's control. I would think that not-yet-established people would have fewer reservations.

If I think of more comments, I'll let you know.

EDIT: The reason for putting some items top right and others on the left is unclear to me. I'm not sure which to look in first when I want to do something, but I'm not sure what. Probably with practice I'd know whether to click "here" or "there", but it's a long way to move the mouse between them. It's a small, picky, subjective design issue.


There are lots of issues with the site right now, and that's to be expected. I am fairly new to programming, so a few hiccups are to be expected. However, I was able to actually launch something, and that matters. The decision to actually put something out there way too early has already revealed many things about the original idea and how it could be better executed. Thank you for the feedback.




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