I've been looking for a product like this (or thinking about building one).
Some feedback:
Signup process is tedious. I have to create an account to even see how it works. I have to pick a username AND give an email address. I have to validate email address with multiple clicks (click link then click button on loaded page). Then I have to reenter everything to sign in.
First view of the system says to click and drag links to reorder them. Clicking and dragging links does nothing until you enter edit mode. I almost gave up assuming the thing didn't work at all before I discovered this.
No "Save" button in edit mode. Just close edit mode... but this doesn't allow NOT saving, which is somewhat unexpected since it's a separate mode.
Visiting a new page seems to automatically put you in edit mode, which persists when visiting other pages. Honestly, I'm not sure at this point why I would ever not want to be in edit mode. I suggest getting rid of modes and providing an undo to roll back any accidental changes.
Number of groups shown across width should be dynamic based on window size not fixed.
Eh, don't worry about it too much. People who leave upon seeing sign up pages are probably not your ideal users anyway. No need to optimize the product for them.
You're loading JQuery asynchronously on the password reset page, and this can cause a race condition where '$' is not defined before you start using it in this page's JS. You may want to check for this on your other pages.
As others have said, the mandatory signup is a huge bummer.
I would be nice if people had the option of making their lists public (and searchable), so we could just jump in and get an idea of what the service looks like. And the search form would be on the splash page for the site, also (when not signed in), just like Twitter: "Find out what others are into."
pinboard.in is based around tags and does not let you layout your links in any particular order. It is mostly a tool for "saving" whereas curabase is more about curation / lists and returning to that content faster.
I'm doing something similar, consider it as hackernews with tags ( and child tags), if there is any interest you can add your email to the beta waiting list here: http://goo.gl/forms/gXjdU9he2r
And a non finished version for a client can be found here http://tagly.azurewebsites.net (= username: demo & password: 123456 ) - the user submitted content is in Dutch :)
Eg. Computer company : trending anti-virus measures
Accountancy : trending kmo tax changes
Software firm : organize relevant learning resources for beginners ( eg. React tutorials ) and a tag : internal, which links to gitlab, Jenkins, your wiki, client remote credentials, company contacts, PBX install software,...
For those who love the idea and wish to keep more control over the data and have access to an API, I've put together a tutorial on how to make your own Curabase in roughly 10 minutes using Airtable.
1) If the shared users are read-only then they will not see groups with no links. That will affect the relative ordering of things with those missing groups.
If that is not the case, would you mind posting up a screenshot?
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[ 3.7 ms ] story [ 111 ms ] threadThis is an MVP I made to scratch my own itch. There is an explainer video I made for /r/startups on youtube here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0FV3j9ptU4
As always, feedback is welcome.
Thx
Some feedback:
Signup process is tedious. I have to create an account to even see how it works. I have to pick a username AND give an email address. I have to validate email address with multiple clicks (click link then click button on loaded page). Then I have to reenter everything to sign in.
First view of the system says to click and drag links to reorder them. Clicking and dragging links does nothing until you enter edit mode. I almost gave up assuming the thing didn't work at all before I discovered this.
No "Save" button in edit mode. Just close edit mode... but this doesn't allow NOT saving, which is somewhat unexpected since it's a separate mode.
Visiting a new page seems to automatically put you in edit mode, which persists when visiting other pages. Honestly, I'm not sure at this point why I would ever not want to be in edit mode. I suggest getting rid of modes and providing an undo to roll back any accidental changes.
Number of groups shown across width should be dynamic based on window size not fixed.
I've been thinking about creating an anonymous user, and then "nag" user to complete signup later.
Looks like I'll be prioritizing this in the next release(s)
disclaimer - I am marketing head at company who spun it off as a side project
Suggestion: can you scrape gmail to find commonly used links and allow people to optionally add those?
Interesting idea about the email.
(One of my pilot groups has already asked to do the same with their Slack channels)
One question though: I didn't see any mention of an API (or other means of exporting data). Is there or will there be an open API?
I tend to never lock my data up any more, having been burnt too many times. Of course, this might not matter to most people.
I would be nice if people had the option of making their lists public (and searchable), so we could just jump in and get an idea of what the service looks like. And the search form would be on the splash page for the site, also (when not signed in), just like Twitter: "Find out what others are into."
Thanks!
In fact, here is a list of all the bookmarking / list services and such here:
https://www.curabase.com/a/b86eefdd-5f52-4455-9a1e-25ad0b0e9...
(I'm working on pretty URLS)
I was saving it for a later post here to HN, but since you asked.... enjoy :-)
This simple extension will replace your new tabs screen.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/curabase-replace-c...
Proof: https://www.dropbox.com/s/cdn5agc7plbr8g3/Screenshot_2016-05...
Are they selling the domain name?
pinboard.in is based around tags and does not let you layout your links in any particular order. It is mostly a tool for "saving" whereas curabase is more about curation / lists and returning to that content faster.
And a non finished version for a client can be found here http://tagly.azurewebsites.net (= username: demo & password: 123456 ) - the user submitted content is in Dutch :)
Example: http://tagly.azurewebsites.net/Home/ByTag?Name=paul-graham
It's great as document management system.
Eg. Computer company : trending anti-virus measures
Accountancy : trending kmo tax changes
Software firm : organize relevant learning resources for beginners ( eg. React tutorials ) and a tag : internal, which links to gitlab, Jenkins, your wiki, client remote credentials, company contacts, PBX install software,...
http://www.web3tutorials.com/2016/05/05/make-curabase-in-air...
1) Would be nice to be able to move groups between Pages.
2) I noticed you shared a list. Would be nice to be able to copy your page into a new one in my account.
1) If the shared users are read-only then they will not see groups with no links. That will affect the relative ordering of things with those missing groups.
If that is not the case, would you mind posting up a screenshot?
Organise your bookmarks and collaborate with others!
https://www.yourbuttons.com
https://www.curabase.com/a/b86eefdd-5f52-4455-9a1e-25ad0b0e9...
Wish you luck with this!
Just see demo: bookmarks_managers.sh is generated from interested links of this topic in 5 minutes.
http://acpul.org/pool