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Ask HN: What's your favorite “read later” web tool?

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I've used Pocket for quite a few years. Previously I don't think there's been much difference between Pocket and competitors, but the new beta of their app has good 'recommended' things for you to read, and lets you follow other users to see the stuff that they 'recommend' - pretty great way to get interesting content.

Thanks, that does sound like it'd make Pocket more useful - both of those last points.

I used to be a heavy Instapaper user with its Kindle digests. Then I used Amazon's bookmarklet to send articles to Kindle. Now I save articles as tasks in Google Inbox because it's easier to see when they are piling up.

Nice idea about Google tasks.

In Inbox, Google makes a little 'card' of the article with an autopreview of the title and occasionally an image. It's helpful for scanning. And you can just click the link without having to open the task details or copy-paste the URL in the title.

I prefer Pocket (https://getpocket.com/). It is clean, it works very well, and it is free. I use it under iOS and OS X.

Thanks. Had used it a bit a while earlier. Not sure why I stopped. Maybe due to some phone issue. Will try it again.

Pocket is awesome. I have used is for ages, but can't justify the premium sub.

I use Safari's reading list on iOS and OS X.

Cool. I don't use a Mac though. Linux and Windows.

Expecting a discussion or just a poll?

Anyhow, I prefer pocket. I have a Kobo ereader and it has perfect integration with pocket. Every article I receive on my phone, laptop, tablet or get send via email, I read via the ereader. It just works great.

Perhaps to mention, I am not using any of the tagging features. It just takes more time to categorize than scrolling a list.

Thanks for the details.

>Expecting a discussion or just a poll?

Hoping for discussions, like what you have done, i.e. not just saying "I like product Foo" but why.

Pocket. I collect all interesting stuff there and read it through once a year on winter holidays.

Once a year? Those must be some really interesting posts :)

How many, though?

They have started this new Recommendation thing in the beta version, now this makes sense.

I mean, a "read later" web tool that has the least friction in terms of use? Things like Pocket, etc. Tried a few, not for long, don't know of many; would appreciate hearing experiences of what worked for others.

Instapaper - notably because I can highlight and make private annotations on all text. I find it helps to synthesize one's thoughts for discussion and future reference.

The unloaded tabs in my browser after it last crashed and bookmarks for things I want to read again.

My preferred tool is Evernote. I love its multilevel categorization feature.

I've tried Evernote earlier (on mobile), found it seemed buggy.

I'm a big fan of Instapaper (www.instapaper.com) myself.

Thanks! Will check it out.

I did know the name from a while back, but not sure whether I'd tried it earlier or not. Will give it a whirl.

This amazing thing called "bookmarks".

Changed my life tbh

Is that the best you could do? :)

In terms of jokes, I mean.

Not sure if you are joking but I use bookmarks as my preferred read-later tool.

Firefox helps a lot with sync, open all in tabs, bookmark all and click/drag to reorder links.

I just put the link in "atHome" folder so to read it with more attention at,you guessed, home. The folder "atWork" is reserved for links where I must run some code, test some new library, etc due to more powerful machine. I have another folder "daily", for sites I visit every day (hn, soylentNews, hackaday, etc) and long posts eg with chapters (books, for instance); The folder "Weekly", for low volume sites, basically comics.

This, together with some speed reading, BS skipping and troll detect works very well, to the point Im often run out of things to read.

Interesting, this is the kind of feedback I was looking for, thanks.

I did try bookmarks quite a while ago (IIRC, in Firefox), including a few of the things you mention. I think I found it had some limitations. But that was a while ago. Maybe I didn't try enough variations or tweaking of it. Will check it out again.

I always felt Firefox's Unsorted Bookmarks was a great inbox for articles to read later or ones you're not sure whether to read yet. I'm kind of surprised that concept hasn't made it Chrome or Safari. Likewise with bookmark tagging.

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