Show HN: A bookmarklet for reading/sharing News

5 points·llboston··8 comments

I made a simple bookmarklet to make reading/sharing news easier.

Everything is just 2 clicks away: 1. find archive.today or archive.org links 2. post to HN, Reddit or Twitter 3. find the current page on HN, Reddit or Twitter

Just go to newsyup.com. It's a bookmark, so no extension, no installation, no registration.

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It is a nice way to introduce people to the wonders of bookmarklet.

I think what you are doing can be implemented entirely in client side javascript. You seems to be doing some server side templating at least, which feels like unnecessary and can become a bottleneck.

Yes you are right, this can be done in client side javascript, but the downside is that it can't be updated. I do plan to add more tools down the road.

You can still update the code as long as you host it in your server. A static server is sufficient.

Got ya. Right now it's html + js, a little easier to maintain. Pure js is definitely an option.

Usefuel thank you! Just a little critique: why the "rectangle box" is this big if there's only one line of icons/search? You can make it less tall.

Thanks! I will make it shorter for the moment.

Yes perfect. Another suggestion: the option to open the link in a new tab instead the current. In order to leave the previous tab open without going back every time!

I've updated the code to make the modal shorter. The js code is cached so you won't see the change right away.

All the links should open a new tab. Which one did not?

Thank you for the feedbacks!

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