How do you see this differing from services like Instapaper/Pocket? I have used both and definitely think there are areas available for improvement, but I'm just wondering what you're targeting. Congratulations on what you've built, and good luck!<p>BTW, I found the layout of the website to be a bit confusing. Perhaps in the side-by-side portion, there should be some sort of divider? Or better yet, one column with a simple tab/toggle above the mobile/desktop segment so that someone can see how it works on one or the other?<p>Also, thanks for thinking of user privacy here. It definitely makes me more likely to use the services, and I think it was very clever of you to create a dummy account that HNers can use.
Hey HN!<p>Long term lurker here - hoping to share my side project, Q.<p>Like most people reading this, I normally start my day off by going through the first few pages of HN, finding articles I'd like to read. If your experience has been anything like mine, you probably also open up a bunch of tabs, read a few, and eventually close the rest (especially if Chrome is eating up all your memory!). It's pretty much the same process with other websites I visit as well.<p>I built Q(ueue... heh) to make my online reading life easier. I wanted a simple way to add and read articles while on my computer, so I made a browser extension that lets you do things with just keyboard shortcuts (Pressing "Ctrl+Shift+Space" adds my current page, while "Ctrl+Shift+Right Arrow" fetches the next article in my queue - I can also right click add, which I find helpful when browsing HN).<p>In order to pick up where I left off with my phone, I created an app (on iOS only for now) that makes it really easy to add (via the share thingy) and read articles. You can even set it to open up articles in reader mode which I find gets rid of a lot of visual clutter on most pages (and annoying ads).<p>I've been using it for a few months now and have been quite happy so wanted to share Q with the community as well.<p>At the end of the day, this is really just an extremely minimal bookmarking app fine-tuned to how I personally wished they worked. I really hope you find Q useful as well!<p>I collect the bare minimum to create an account (username, email, and password) but I understand people might not want to create an account.<p>Here is an account you can use if you want to try it out first:
email: hackernews-demo-user@gmail.com
password: hackernews<p>Would love any feedback or suggestions on things to improve! You can also reach me at mimicrylabs@gmail.com as well.<p>Website: <a href="https://q.mimicrylabs.com/" rel="nofollow">https://q.mimicrylabs.com/</a><p>Firefox extension: <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/q-by-mimicry-labs/" rel="nofollow">https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/q-by-mimicry-...</a><p>Chrome extension: <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/q-by-mimicry-labs/bppjlkjoahabfamjpgehiakajpbegefl" rel="nofollow">https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/q-by-mimicry-labs/...</a><p>iOS app: <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/q-by-mimicry-labs/id1552578757" rel="nofollow">https://apps.apple.com/us/app/q-by-mimicry-labs/id1552578757</a><p>Privacy policy at: <a href="https://q.mimicrylabs.com/privacy" rel="nofollow">https://q.mimicrylabs.com/privacy</a>
No offense, I just wanted to provide some feedback. The black text on the pinkish background of your site was too hard on my eyes and I had to close your site. I don't have any vision disabilities that I'm aware of and my monitor has been color calibrated.
This looks great. I just downloaded the iOS app. I always end up with multiple windows open in safari and then eventually lose some of them, so this seems to fit my needs perfectly.<p>Loved the layout design. Looking forward to trying it.