LATERTHIS - THE BLOG

LaterThis "Send To" button for Google Reader

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 14:33:00 +0200

Google Reader recently released a new Send To-feature wich allows you to send a post to services like Twitter, Digg and Facebook. The neat thing is that it is also possible to create custom Send To-links for services like LaterThis. Here is how to do it:

1. Log into Google Reader and click Settings.
2. Click on the “Send To” tab
3. Click “Create a custom link” at the bottom of the screen
4. Enter the following values:

Name: LaterThis
URL: http://laterthis.com/post?stand_alone=true&link_url=${url}&link_title=${title}&link_comment=
Icon URL: http://laterthis.com/favicon.ico

5. Click Save.

That’s it. You can now select Send To LaterThis from any post in your Google Reader account.

About performance

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 10:11:03 +0200

First of all, we are really sorry for the bad performance during the last weeks. LaterThis has been terrible slow and unresponsive.

However, last week we made a huge update to the code, database and the servers. Over the last days we have been monitoring the changes and things are now back to normal.

We will continue fine-tune over the next couple of days to make things run even smoother.

Thank you for your patience.

Faster saving with LATERTHIS quick

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 11:16:41 +0100

Yesterday we launched a new bookmarklet that lets you save links without leaving the current site you are visiting. We call it LATERTHIS quick and it’s the fastet way to save links to LaterThis.

You can install it from your Welcome tab or from the bookmarklets section under Help.

New feeds

Sat, 14 Feb 2009 15:31:34 +0100

We have made some changes to how feeds are handled in LaterThis.

You can now get separate feeds for all latest links, read links, unread links and starred links. You can also subscribe to feeds for a tag or groups of tags.

You’ll find the specific feeds at the bottom of each page. E.g if you want to subscribe to starred links, go to the Starred tab links and look for the RSS link just above the footer.

Private links

Sat, 07 Feb 2009 10:31:27 +0100

It is now possible to mark a link as private. This means that no one but you, as a logged in user, can see the link.

To mark a link as private you need to edit the link and select the Private check box. If you want to mark all your saved links as private from now on you can go to your settings page and select Set links to private as default. This will not mark your links saved up until now as private.

Private links comes with a few limitations:

Private links are not included in your RSS-feed
Private links are not included in the total links count when not logged in.
Url details are not available for private links

Planned downtime

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:31:23 +0100

We will start the move to the new server setup this saturday (January 17th). Some downtime will most likely occur. We will try to make the move as smooth as possible and report updates on Twitter continously.

Upcoming changes to LaterThis

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:11:54 +0100

The new year brings a few changes to LaterThis.

First of all, we are planning a move to a new server set up. The move will take place within two weeks and it will most likely cause a few hours of down time. We will try to make the transition as smooth as possible and we will keep you updated along the way.

Secondly, we will remove LaterThis Global. The reason for this is that it has not worked out as we planned and it takes to much effort to maintain. LaterThis Global might however show up again in one shape or another during the year.

We look forward to an exciting 2009 and we will continue to gradually improve LaterThis throughout the year, both by removing and adding features as necessary.

Easier tagging

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 09:28:00 +0100

Tagging links just got a bit easier. Today we have added an auto complete function to the tags field on the page for saving links. Just start typing and your tags will appear.

On the same page, we have also cleaned up the tags in the right column and limited it to only list your most frequently used tags. As before you can click on a tag to add it to the tags field.

Happy tagging!

Improved iPhone version, now with Tags

Sun, 26 Oct 2008 11:00:16 +0100

During the weekend, the iPhone web version of LaterThis has been revamped. The navigation has changed slightly and you can now access your tagged links directly from your iPhone or iPod touch.

Try it out by pointing your mobile Safari to laterthis.com/your_user_name. Also don’t forget that you can save links to LaterThis from your iPhone.

LaterThis add on for Firefox

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:26:39 +0200

I am happy to announce that LaterThis now has a Firefox add on. After installing the add on you’ll get an icon next to the adress bar in Firefox. Clicking the icon will launch a pop up that lets you save the link.

Saving links from the add on works pretty much the same way as from the bookmarklet. In fact, if you use quick post you’ll see no difference. If you use regular posting you’ll notice that your tags are not shown along side of the form. Instead tags will auto complete when you start to type in the tags in the tag field.

The add on is still in experimental mode, so you will need to sign up for a Firefox add on account before installing it.

LaterThis add on for Firefox

Save links to LaterThis from your iPhone

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 14:07:31 +0200

One of the feature requests in our new user forum is a better iPhone version for LaterThis. Today we have taken a small step to improving it a bit. You can now save links to LaterThis from your iPhone (hurray!).

To be able to save links from your iPhone you need to get the bookmaklet over to your bookmarks in your mobile Safari. The easiest way to do this is to synchronize your bookmarks with your iPhone from iTunes.

You can get more detailed information on how to use the bookmarklet on your iPhone in the Help section.

When you find a link you like on your iPhone just open up your bookmarks and tap the LaterThis bookmarklet. You will now see the login screen and once you have logged in your link will have been saved to your LaterThis account.

We would love to hear from you!

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 08:56:44 +0200

To make it easier for you to get in touch with us we have added a forum to LaterThis (provided by UserVoice). Use the forum to make requests for new features or report bugs. You can also use it for voting on existing requests. We hope this will help us make LaterThis even better.

You can find the link to the forum in the footer on every page and as a tab to the left on the home page. Chek it out now!

Url details gets a bit smarter

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:51:23 +0200

If you find a link you like you will probably enjoy more links from the same provider. Now you can do just that. Go to url details for any link and you will see more saved links from the same domain.

Example: If we look at the details for Workplace Experiments from 37signals we will see that 10 more links have been saved to LaterThis from 37signals.com

This is an easy way of finding more links that might interest you!

Small update: Url details

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:50:35 +0200

Here’s a small but nifty update:

If you click “Url details” just below any link you can now see who else has saved the link together with all tags and comments.

For example, these are the url details for the link “Applying Divine Proportion To Your Web Designs” from Smashing Magazine:

http://laterthis.com/url/56c050bc3c47620cb1ac5568020c5586

Quick post is here!

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 08:52:29 +0200

By popular demand LaterThis today receives quick posting.

Quick post lets you save a link with one click on your bookmarklet, without having to confirm it via the regular form.

Here’s how it works:

By default quick post is switched off. If you want to activate quick post mode, go to your Settings page and check “Use quick post mode when saving links”. Next time you click your bookmarklet to save a link you will see a confirmation page. Your link is now saved! Just click the link title to go back to the page you came from. If you instead want to edit the link you can click “Edit this link” just below of the confirmation.

Tip: Select any text before clicking your bookmarklet and the text will appear as the comment for the link.

LaterThis Widget

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 09:12:07 +0200

Today LaterThis gets a widget. With the LaterThis Widget you can show your latest saved links on your web page. The widget works great for blogs or personal web pages when you want to show your visitors what links you have been visiting lately.

Learn more on how to install and customize the widget it in the help section.

LaterThis is live!

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:33:08 +0200

After 4 months of work LaterThis is now live and open to the public. Everyone who wants can sign up for their own free account.

Take the tour to learn more LaterThis.

LaterThis for iPhone

Sun, 25 May 2008 12:18:00 +0200

If you have an iPhone (or iPod touch), visit your LaterThis account page, i.e laterthis.com/username, and your links will be shown in an iPhone friendly way.

Twitter/laterthis: laterthis.com iPhone version in development!...

Sat, 24 May 2008 14:53:00 +0200

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LATERTHIS - THE BLOG

LaterThis "Send To" button for Google Reader

About performance

Faster saving with LATERTHIS quick

New feeds

Private links

Planned downtime

Upcoming changes to LaterThis

Easier tagging

Improved iPhone version, now with Tags

LaterThis add on for Firefox

Save links to LaterThis from your iPhone

We would love to hear from you!

Popular links on LaterThis

Url details gets a bit smarter

Small update: Url details

Quick post is here!

LaterThis Widget

LaterThis is live!

LaterThis for iPhone

Twitter/laterthis: laterthis.com iPhone version in development!...