Show HN: Footnote – a modern take on Goodreads

I was a happy Goodreads user and librarian for many years, but quit the service completely last month, when they irrevocably changed their book interface. Old interface was one of the main reasons I liked Goodreads. I wrote them two feedback emails during testing period asking them to leave at least an option to switch back - never even got a reply. Oh well, I guess they don't need me as a user.

As for Footnote, when I go to https://footnote.cc all I can see is a sign up form and nothing else. I generally hate creating accounts, unless I absolutely have to. And here the first thing you ask me to do - is to sign up ... just to browse through your web site. No, thanks.

I guess I'll stick to my .ods spreadsheet for now.

Interesting, but having to sign up to even click on a book made me instantly leave

Searching/filtering is lost when clicking a result then going "back" to the previous page. Perhaps use a History API to push state?

What makes it a "modern take"? curious :)

What is diff from Good reads or Story graph?

Check out StoryGraph too. I’m really liking it. https://app.thestorygraph.com/