> AFAICT, this is for PDF files on your computer and websites converted to PDF. There's no option to add, say, markdown files or locally stored email files.
Key point of order.
We don't actually convert the websites to PDF. We cache the pages offline so you have the original in your archive.
This is massively cool and I need to do a better job of making it clear that this isn't just conversion to PDF.
> Don't get me wrong, I've tried it out and it's awesome. I'm just not seeing how it's going to take off as a knowledge repository with its limitations.
You mean specific limitations to Polar?
> I'm also concerned with the ability of this thing to scale. There doesn't appear to be any system for grouping items other than tagging. Maybe tagging works for others, but it's not something I trust (if I have hundreds of items and missed a tag, the item is lost).
Some users want to have more of a hierarchical folder view and we might implement that.
But I don't get your point about a missing tag.
> Definitely don't want this to be a negative comment. It's more "you're 95% of the way to an outstanding product, but I think the last 5% might be an obstacle to adoption."
Well one thing is that I think the Hacker News crowd is very very very picky in terms of features and functionality vs the normal user base.
The features I've seen from HN just aren't going to be necessary for all users. I'm fine adding them if they fit into the roadmap but some just won't be implemented.
One issue is the ability to use other cloud providers which has been brought up a number of times (which is why I wrote this post).
That's a massively complex feature and while that would be cool in some sense it would just be far far far too expensive to implement.
I think the remaining 5% is doable but we will see..
One valid criticism is that PDF is the only format. We're working on markdown and ePub too...