This is useful because I cannot remember the emails of all my friends and also the default email share widget does not know them either.
This was something ideally Google should have come up with but never mind!
This was something ideally Google should have come up with but never mind!
But a mailto: link should pop up your default mail client - which does know your friends email addresses:
mailto:?subject=cool%20link&body=Here%20is%20a%20cool%20link%20to%20http://example.com
i.e. it should do exactly this if set up correctly.
So - is this really just that most clients don't have mailto: configured to launch the application which knows the email addresses of their friends?
I'm in the process of growing it, and its users find it extremely useful so far, after they get past the "why can't I just email them?" stage and see that this is much faster.
If anything, Facebook's move provides me with a clear way to position the product, rather than have to say "it's a bit easier than email".
Also I will give it a shot and suggest if there is something that can be improved (at least from an experience perspective). You can of course take it or ignore it too.
1) Use Google Connect/Yahoo or something so that you can access my Contacts list
2) It is the same as opening a browser window with email app since the contacts are not there already or shown in a dropdown.
3)The problem is not that I have to move away from the page to share it. The pain comes in moving away and doing stuff. If I have to move away to find that one email id, it is of no use.
4) Who would save Contacts in a seperate list? No CSV Upload is not the solution.
or maybe the advantages are not clear at all. everyone can already share links through skype, msn or email or facebook so it's not clear why they'd need yourpane
I know the feeling of working so hard on a project and then apparently nobody notices. It doesn't mean your idea or vision sucks, starting a service takes determination. Applies to 99% of developers, and only 1% gets on the frontpage of HN, because they took a lot of time to craft simple and efficient copy and design, and also took a lot of time to think about the features
The purpose of the service is to complement IM, for when you want to share things with people who aren't on IM right now or don't want to be bothered (or sharing with multiple people). You send a link to the people you want, they get to it on their own time.
A crucial feature that is sort-of missing is the ability to comment on links, because sending links is an inherently social act. I'll work on this more if people start using the service, but there are a few problems due to the way the service works.