Klobie

Productivity

bookmarking and research organization

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Klobie

A bookmarking tool designed to help synthesize your web research

klobie.com

#bookmarking#web research#note taking#bookmarklet

217points
103comments
#243of 3,028 in 2020
Top 9%of 2020 by points

How HN took it

CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments

13 positive, 29 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 14 critical, out of 56 comments about the project. Thread score -0.04.

Idea: 6 for, 5 againstExecution: 1 for, 5 againstDesign: 4 for, 2 againstPricing: 1 for, 1 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Clean design and useful for bookmarking research

    From 3 comments
    • Great job, looks clean and useful! I think it'll help to put the site's favicon or some kind of visual differentiator next to each link so it's easier to scan when you're looking…
      kanobo on HN
    • Love it! Thank you for creating this. Is there a way to add the bookmarklet to my toolbar instead of having it on the bookmarks toolbar which I keep hidden. EDIT: Also can I get…
      kvdr on HN
    • Really useful. Great project!
      CarlosMoz on HN
  • Sign-up and account validation issues were fixed quickly

    From 2 comments
    • error upon verifying account: 2 validation errors detected: Value at 'username' failed to satisfy constraint: Member must have length greater than or equal to 1; Value at…
      weswpg on HN
    • Hey sorry for this, the bug was fixed already, please go ahead and try it :) Thanks for reporting!
      te_ch on HN

Objections

  • Topic is required when bookmarking

    From 1 comment
    • I like the app. One thing that did not work well for me was the requirement to enter a topic. I want to quickly bookmark a page and move on. Why is topic required?
      asimjalis on HN
  • Password requirements are hard to meet on sign-up

    From 1 comment
    • Ah another round of 'guess the password policy'!. Try a password. No, it needs a capital letter. Next try, No, it must also have a symbol. I moved on after that. If this is the…
      tsieling on HN
  • Works only in Chrome, no Firefox support

    From 1 comment
  • Bookmarks cannot be saved to multiple boards without duplicating

    From 1 comment
    • Thanks! I'm glad you find it useful! What browser do you use? Once you created the bookmarklet, you can move it to your e.g. "bookmarks bar" in Chrome and it's pretty handy…
      te_ch on HN

Requests

  • Export to static file or CSV

    From 2 comments
    • This looks useful. But I would like to confirm if it has "export to static file" functionality. It would really suck if I spent months accumulating data for some research, only…
      jsnk on HN
    • It actually has already an export function hidden somewhere :) But I had to disable it temporarily. So, yes, it'll definitely have it back in a few days. Question: are CSV…
      te_ch on HN
  • Optional topics or default topic

    From 2 comments
    • Just signed up, I ike it and will start using it A request: Make `topics` optional or ability to set a default topic(s)
      jeppesen-io on HN
    • I like the app. One thing that did not work well for me was the requirement to enter a topic. I want to quickly bookmark a page and move on. Why is topic required?
      asimjalis on HN
  • Favicons next to links

    From 1 comment
    • Great job, looks clean and useful! I think it'll help to put the site's favicon or some kind of visual differentiator next to each link so it's easier to scan when you're looking…
      kanobo on HN
  • Password reset / forgot password page

    From 1 comment
    • Nice but I forgot my password during signup and now can't find a way to retrieve it. Where is the forgot password page because I can't find link for it on the login page either.
      superasn on HN
  • Self-hosting option

    From 1 comment

Questions

  • What do the board and topic statistics mean

    From 1 comment
    • Looks slick. What do the numeric figures mean at the top of a topic card? Things like 1b, 7b, 2.1bt and 11% and 17% Is there somewhere that explains those? Did I miss some…
      mooreed on HN
  • Whether it can auto-tag URLs by subject

    From 1 comment
    • I want to feed URLs to a service which would assign relevant subject tags automatically. Can it do this?
      qwerty456127 on HN

Alternatives named

  • Pinboard

    From 2 comments
    • Saving every single page feels a little overwhelming to me, I open lots of pages looking for a piece of information or an answer to a question and many aren't relevant, many…
      interurban on HN
    • OMG. When will someone make a free Pinboard clone and that's enough
      veleventh on HN
  • Zotero

    From 2 comments
    • Obviously not answering for the OP, but: because sites disappear or change and also having a local database that does not depend on internet access is wonderful. (Zotero is also…
      frabbit on HN
    • Not sure if this will fit the bill exactly, but have been looking for something like this to accompany knowledge base note tools like Roam, Obsidian, etc., since those don't work…
      sawaruna on HN
  • Diigo

    From 1 comment
    • Diigo has been active since 2006. It works well enough for me. https://www.diigo.com/ > Diigo is a multi-tool for personal knowledge management dramatically improve your workflow…
      slowkow on HN
  • SingleFile

    From 1 comment
    • Looks very nice. Relatedly, I wish I could automatically freeze and archive every single web page I visit, minus heavy media, possibly with very low quality images. I tried squid…
      rjeli on HN
  • Notion web clipper

    From 1 comment
    • This looks great! There seems to be a renewed interest in bookmarking services. I've experimented with a few options over the past few years and recently settled on the Notion…
      neovive on HN

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