Memex
Search, annotate and organize what you've read online.
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3.87
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spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Has potential as a tool for auto-indexing and searching content
- Performance and features have improved over time
- Useful for academic citations and PDF reading
- Provides free annotation options for live websites
- New UI is well-designed and enhances usability
Cons
- Bugs in search functionality, especially with special characters
- Difficulty in deleting accounts and managing bookmarks
- Interface widgets can be intrusive and difficult to close
- Notable performance issues with certain users (e.g., CJK users)
- Offline-first design limits data syncing capabilities
Most mentioned
- Search functionality issues
- Account management difficulties
- Intrusive interface elements
- Continuous updates with new features
- Improved user interface design
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| Date | Author | Rating | Lang | Comment |
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| 2024-11-17 |  | | en | I don't like leaving reviews but this tool has potential so I'm hoping this reaches the dev. I found this tool mainly on the hunt for an app which auto-indexes all the html on sites like stackoverflow so that I can go back and ctrl+f certain key words later on (regular history doesn't do this). Memex achieves this well enough as I can just hit alt-q on any notable site. So far, I have two issues with using Memex for the scenario I've explained above: The first is that the search function seems to break down as soon as there are special characters. e.g. I can search for 'clone' but as soon as I search for '.clone()' then the whole search breaks down. Please fix! The second issue: please get out of my way! All I am wanting to do right now is press alt+q and save the page for later, I do not need any widgets popping up on the site I'm using. If it's useful for me I will slowly start looking into it over time. I also don't see a way to remove the youtube video widget so I have had to add ###__MEMEX-YOUTUBE-INTERFACE-ROOT into my ad-blocker to take it out of the html once it has already been injected in, which seems redundant. |
| 2024-11-16 |  | | en | They did not delete my account 11 months after I requested it. This is both frustrating and undermines trust of their actions. |
| 2024-09-24 |  | | en | Performance and features have grown from buggy to beautiful over the past 4 years! omg! I'm glad I gave this another go, there's no tool out there that does this level of knowledge utility. Academic Citations AND PDF reading, obsidian syncing, in the flow saving, love it!!! keep up the good work!! |
| 2024-09-05 |  | | en | I love the app but it's crashing the google search UI, its started 1 week ago ~ |
| 2024-06-07 |  | | en | search is buggy for CJK users |
| 2024-05-28 |  | | en | The wish my PKM has been dreaming out has come true. I totally misunderstood what this software was about but then I discovered it kinda randomly and its exactly perfect for a different project Im doing XD Oh and comment on the 2 star review from Hitesh Kar.. there is a little Memex icon that will create a flyout from the bottom right corner of the browser that gives all the major options. I checked it on youtube and it works. it is kinda hard to see but if you just move your mouse down there its easy. Also Abdou Ghanim to follow up on the borken batch delete is ok now. I used it today but i cant comment on the other issues because i havn't tried them yet. |
| 2024-04-11 |  | | en | There are a lot of valuable UX. But their determination to block you from using Youtube easily is so Annoying. they need to provide "X" button to close your widget screens at ALL times. You can't lock the user into your interface that does not allowyou to use anything. No idea how to close this widget. The only way is to uninstall |
| 2024-03-25 |  | | ||
| 2024-03-07 |  | | en | Nice concept - has lots of potential. However, it's very buggy in its current state. Unable to delete account, batch deleting bookmarks is broken and batch managing spaces is non-existent. Add AI bookmarks categorization to this and you have a really nice and functional app. |
| 2023-03-01 |  | | en | theres so many wrong things with this extension and app. never get fixed |
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