Signed up, I like the simplicity of the thing (no discovery/social is a plus for me). Some thoughts:
1. You don't ask for confirmation for "dangerous" things: When deleting a link - I was expecting to be able to fish it out back from some kind of Trash, or perhaps have a temporary "Undo" option). When clearing the account, again it apparently didn't ask me for confirmation (I didn't have any links at the moment, in case you only ask if there's data in it).
2. On a site such as this, I'd love to have an export option, in case I ever want to leave (or you need to shut down). It could be as simple as just producing a plain HTML with the bookmarks.
3. When you click on a link, it opens a new window to go to it. Fair enough. But the click count isn't incremented in the existing page (obviously, a minor nitpick).
Hey! Thank-you for trying it out, and for your feedback.
1. I hear you on the confirmation for Dangerous actions point... I've almost seriously screwed myself on the Delete Account Data one. That's definitely on my to-do list.
2. Export - also agreed. What kind of format would be useful? CSV, or an XML schema of some kind?
3. Good catch on the click counter - I'll have to think through that one - perhaps just a cosmetic non-ajax increment.
4. Thank-you very much - That's exactly what I was thinking; I'll steal that code (thank-you!) and implement tonight, and will post back here.
Thanks again for trying it out and sharing your insightful feedback - its appreciated!
I think any textual representation of the links would be good - possibly a HTML file with the links themselves might be the easiest option.
Regarding the counter, yeah, I'd just "cheat" and increment it locally, no need to go back to the server for it (after all, you know it was exactly one click).
Also, to add: Thanks for a nice service, well done!
I'll try to use it for a couple of days and see if it sticks (I'm notoriously bad at bookmarking, or rather, revisiting bookmarks).
Hey - just a quick note - As per your suggestion, I've added an export feature under the username drop down that spits out a quote-encapsulated CSV file.
1. You don't ask for confirmation for "dangerous" things: When deleting a link - I was expecting to be able to fish it out back from some kind of Trash, or perhaps have a temporary "Undo" option). When clearing the account, again it apparently didn't ask me for confirmation (I didn't have any links at the moment, in case you only ask if there's data in it).
2. On a site such as this, I'd love to have an export option, in case I ever want to leave (or you need to shut down). It could be as simple as just producing a plain HTML with the bookmarks.
3. When you click on a link, it opens a new window to go to it. Fair enough. But the click count isn't incremented in the existing page (obviously, a minor nitpick).
4. Bookmarklet for bookmarking pages directly would be nice. Here's a shot at it here: http://dobarkod.hr-test.s3.amazonaws.com/tmp/linkthingco-boo... (drag to bookmarks bar to save). Ideally, it'd redirect to the linkthing.co afterwards.