QuoteRed

Productivity

quote collection

SHOW HN2013

115points
82comments
#194of 1,739 in 2013
Top 12%of 2013 by points

How HN took it

DebatedReal support and real criticism

9 positive, 12 neutral or asking, 6 mixed, 9 critical, out of 36 comments about the project. Thread score +0.01.

Design: 4 for, 5 againstIdea: 4 for, 2 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 2 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against

The thread, comment by comment

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Simple, clear onboarding and getting-started flow with bookmarklet

    From 2 comments
    • Hey! Just signed up for an GimmeBar account. There's a few things you can learn from QuoteRed that makes me want to use them to save text snippets: 1. Their UI is very simple.…
      songzme on HN
    • agreed, that 'just try now' flow was really enticing.
      jacalata on HN
  • Clean look and interesting idea for saving snippets

    From 2 comments
    • This is pretty cool. I'd like to be able to log in with something other than Facebook, but I like the idea of being able to save text snippets.
      BryantD on HN
    • Neat! Admittedly, when I saw the title, "Pinterest for text," I thought of something more like http://www.quoti.ca/ I dig the way I can select some text on a website and…
      mikeleeorg on HN

Objections

  • Facebook-only login is a barrier

    From 3 comments
    • I love the idea behind being able to collect the snippets and quotes you come across, but not having an alternative for a Facebook sign in pretty much makes this useless for me.
      sspiff on HN
    • This looks excellent and well executed. It's disappointing that the only login option is via Facebook, but it's cool that one can also try the service without login in at all.…
      bambax on HN
    • This is pretty cool. I'd like to be able to log in with something other than Facebook, but I like the idea of being able to save text snippets.
      BryantD on HN
  • Quote layout is hard to scan, with inconsistent elements

    From 2 comments
    • The URLs are all variable size (do not truncate) and the "Browse more" content follows the variable length url. This means the Browse More section does not follow any pattern and…
      criley on HN
    • I like the idea but I dislike the design of the quotes themselves. All the same type and all the same size, the only differentiation being color. Even the format seems "weak" in…
      criley on HN
  • Bookmarklet setup step is confusing and caused a loop

    From 2 comments
    • This looks excellent and well executed. It's disappointing that the only login option is via Facebook, but it's cool that one can also try the service without login in at all.…
      bambax on HN
    • > in Step 3, did you highlight the quote and click the "Quote It" button? Ah! No, I didn't. I since created a quote and that broke the loop; now when I reach the website I access…
      bambax on HN

Requests

  • Login options besides Facebook, such as email or Twitter

    From 3 comments
    • I love the idea behind being able to collect the snippets and quotes you come across, but not having an alternative for a Facebook sign in pretty much makes this useless for me.
      sspiff on HN
    • Nice implementation. I don't like Facebook only logins, always good to offer the email & password reg option. It would be nice if more than one quote was saved from an article,…
      Meltdown on HN
    • I'd just like to mention that https://gimmebar.com allows you to save text snippets in a similar manner, in addition to pretty much any other media type, and doesn't require you…
      jperras on HN
  • Private quote boards

    From 3 comments
    • Private would be huge for me. I wouldn't think of using it without it.
      bjhoops1 on HN
    • It actually started as a private-only thing, and I only added the social sharing & feed features later. My own use case was collecting quotes, and that's what I build it for. I…
      terhechte on HN
    • I like the idea. I'll be honest, half the emails in my inbox are from myself, either with links or quotes or ideas, whatever. Now, does EverNote offer something like this, or do…
      olso4052 on HN
  • Browser plugin showing what others highlighted on a page

    From 1 comment
    • Great tool. Any plans for a browser plugin that lets people see what others have highlighted on a given page?
      mapgrep on HN
  • Single-click save and easier browsing of existing quotes

    From 2 comments
    • I used to use spurl for this, then they died. I then switched to diigo, which I quite like mostly for the simple chrome extension; high light text, click the extension icon, add…
      Fuzzwah on HN
    • Can you add an easier way to browse the quotes people have already posted? Also, if you spend a few days adding more quotes to the database, the site would be a lot more fun to…
      Naomi on HN

Questions

  • How do you revisit saved quotes?

    From 1 comment
    • It's a neat app, but for me, I probably prefer copy paste as a note, then going through the hassle of signing up. What benefit am I missing? Culturally, I think that sites like…
      unholyalliance on HN
  • Can Kindle snippets be imported?

    From 1 comment
    • is there a way to access from my laptop those kindle snippets to put them on the site?
      jordn on HN

Alternatives named

  • Gimme Bar

    From 1 comment
    • I'd just like to mention that https://gimmebar.com allows you to save text snippets in a similar manner, in addition to pretty much any other media type, and doesn't require you…
      jperras on HN
  • Tumblr

    From 1 comment
  • Diigo

    From 1 comment
    • I used to use spurl for this, then they died. I then switched to diigo, which I quite like mostly for the simple chrome extension; high light text, click the extension icon, add…
      Fuzzwah on HN
  • Evernote

    From 1 comment
    • I like the idea. I'll be honest, half the emails in my inbox are from myself, either with links or quotes or ideas, whatever. Now, does EverNote offer something like this, or do…
      olso4052 on HN
  • Clipboard.com and Findings.com

    From 2 comments
    • I believe https://clipboard.com/ has been doing this for a while, too. It'll be interesting to see if there's a market for these services along with Evernote and similar.
      ignostic on HN
    • So has https://findings.com/
      Hovertruck on HN
  • Pinboard

    From 1 comment
    • You can just use pinboard.in for this, though pinboard.in is like pinterest for introverts (except it's just better).
      gdilla on HN

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