Comments on: UPDATED AGAIN: Gizmodo and Lifehacker Go Hands On with Pastebud Copy/Paste for iPhone

By: Anti9Express

Anti9Express — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 19:14:57 +0000

Just thought I should take a second and say howdy to everyone here. Looking forward to your site and what everybody has to talk about.

By: Bad Cyborg

Bad Cyborg — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 07:24:19 +0000

"In ten or so years of using the internet… I’ve never seen anyone, in any walk of life, under any circumstance, ever wanting to send anyone any text from any web page," as quoted by Steve.

Well I get them from less interwebz-savvy, older friends all the time. I tried to impart to them the new trick of copy and pasting the URL instead. Sadly they're still slow to adapt to this new skill. So Matt and Steve, seriously, you think something as rudimentary as copy and paste, which we take for granted, should be precluded from any handheld OS? Not even for something as simple as URL? Or for that matter, copy and paste has to be, what, "reinvented"? What's there to reinvent?

By: Pinny

Pinny — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 04:46:17 +0000

That appended message is annoying enough to make people not interested. I have no problem with people making money off a cool idea, but I think in this case you might kill all interest. Instead of the annoying message, try adding features to the paid version? Just my .02

By: Rey

Rey — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 20:48:33 +0000

I thought I should share this info since we're talking about bookmarklets. You can also add a search function to seach within pages, and also open links in new tabs all via bookmarklets. If you sync bookmarks with Safari on your computer, follow the link below on your computer, then bookmark the links of the features that you want. Sync your iPhone, and there they will be on your bookmarks.

http://www.lifeclever.com/17-powerful-bookmarklets-for-your-iPhone/

By: Jed Schmidt

Jed Schmidt — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 07:36:09 +0000

Hey there, Rene.

Just to let you know, the privacy confusion is solved. For more information, check out Harry's update to the Technologizer post[1].

Jed Schmidt Founder, pastebud

[1] http://technologizer.com/2008/12/12/pastebud-it-seemed-like-a-good-idea/

By: dloveprod

dloveprod — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 06:37:02 +0000

It works for me, I won't use it for anything to personal, it's better than nothing

By: Tunnelrunner

Tunnelrunner — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 01:21:07 +0000

Ah, thanks, Jason.

By: Jason

Jason — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 00:13:21 +0000

There have been occasions when I've been in an email discussion with someone and want something from a wikipedia page or something else to help make my point. Also, it would help if I'm posting to my blog and want to use a quote. I don't carry a laptop, and my iPhone has become my primary mobile computer, which I know wouldn't work for many people but works great for me.

That said, I don't plan to use the premium version. The free version works for me. Like I wrote in my original comment, I don't find myself needing copy/paste often, but when I do this will come in very handy.

@Tunnelrunner It's not a native app in the App Store. It's more of a web app. Go to pastebud.com to learn how to use it.

By: Tunnelrunner

Tunnelrunner — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 00:02:25 +0000

Is this even still available in the App. Store? Can't seem to find it while searching for "Pastebud."

By: Rey

Rey — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:31:48 +0000

I use it to copy webpage addresses to blogs/forums like this. You could also use it to post quotes from other sources. I find it handy.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:31:20 +0000

Oh, I forgot that this will make it easier for Rene to copy and paste out of Gizmodo articles and post to TIPB.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:25:16 +0000

Steve, you could not be more correct. I can not think of a way I would use it.

Jason, what needs did it fill? I am being not argumentative or sarcastic. I am really curious as to how this helped you that you could do before. Thanks.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:17:00 +0000

Beyond useless.

In ten or so years of using the internet... I've never seen anyone, in any walk of life, under any circumstance, ever wanting to send anyone any text from any web page.

I'd rather lose $5 out of a hole in my pocket for a drug addict to find, than give it to these people.

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:04:51 +0000

Honestly, this takes care of 99% of my copy/paste needs, which weren't that much to begin with. I've been using it this morning, and after I got used to the system, it worked great. My only complaint is that the email-to-web copy/paste requires you to forward emails that you want to copy from. Security aside, the problem is that you get the > that accompanies each line of a forwarded email. Find a way to remove those, and I'm set!

Also, I believe the $5 premium is per year. It's subscription. Still not expensive, but it should be mentioned.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:03:18 +0000

And in 3, 2, 1.....