Pinboards disappearing
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@kathyb We are talking about different pages. Pinboards page (https://pinboard.opera.com) clearly shows a Beta together with the name Pinboards, what means that the feature is not fully stable yet.
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kathyb last edited by leocg
@leocg I truly wish you would make up your mind. I gave a web addy my original post. You clapped back that it clearly states, then you changed your mind when I again asked you to show me where it stated that. You then gave a different answer, then another. Now here you are with yet again another answer. Either way, you are referring to Pinboards advertised by Opera. I saw the one you just referred to right after my boards disappeared. Then Opera released an update. That update again shows the Pinboards as their Tada. It was that release that I referred to. So now you are saying they're different things. Again, if they are the same, which I believe they are, the update did Not show that Pinboards were under development. You can't have it both ways. They either are or they are not. Yes, what you referred to does state not stable, but there has been an update since that page was created.
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@kathyb I didn't change my mind, I kept the same answer since the beginning of this conversation. What I am/was trying to do is to make you understand that in a page that is clearly to advertise the benefits of a feature (or a product, any one), you will probably never see a warning about possible issues.
Anyway, I don't think that ba warning about the feature being experimental, what is kinda obvious for new ones, would be useful. Most people don't read them.
Also, if there were to be a warning, it should be in the data cleaner to alert that undesired data may be lost band advising to make a backup before. -
pinpointedu last edited by
An entire pinboard disappeared for me too! I'm so bummed because i had references for a big project I'm working on and it just Vanished
unbelievable a catastrophic feature would be put out to the public like that. booooooooooo
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kathyb last edited by
@pinpointedu It's a disappointing thing to say it politely that the pinboards are a "selling" feature promoted by Opera, only not to work. I have begun using a browser extension called Notion and Pocket. There's also Notebook. Those are pretty solid backups to Pinboards. I think Opera should be responsible enough to FIX the Pinboards. I lost all my students boards.
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kathyb last edited by
@leocg Hi. Backing up bookmarks has nothing to do with the complaint about the pinboards disappearing. The browser totes about all their features. They all should work and be dependable. Especially when they're talking about sharing and collaborating using the boards. I've been complaining about this issue for months. I'm also not alone as the very same thing has happened to others. They take the time to create, and then it's just gone. I'm not going through the hassle of backing up, when there are plenty of extensions available to organize what the Opera browser can't fix. If I'm not mistaken I've gone back and forth with you previously on this very same issue... pinboards disappear.
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kathyb last edited by
@qo-d Pocket is busy, and Notion is not only an extension, you can download the application to your desktop/laptop as well. The extension Notebook by Zoho does the same as Notion and you can design your notebook covers as well. My child has been using them for a year for school, at least they are dependable where Pinboards vanish. Enjoy!
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kathyb last edited by
@elboxd You can not back up your pinboards. Favorites yes, pinboards no. Use an extension. Again, Notebook by Zoho is an extension as well as an app you can download. Notion is the same, and Pocket is just an extension. I prefer the first 2 as I can just use the application. You can also design your notebook covers.
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Yashintaro last edited by
I love the concept of the pinboards and love how accessible Opera GX has made it, but, when sharing my Pinboard with Friends/Family, we noticed you can not change someone's permissions to allow them to edit/add to the pinboard. I originally planned on making one with my sister for games to allow easy access to news/official websites, for the both of us, but instead, she's going to have to send the links to me and I'm going to need to be on my computer since pinboards are also not yet on mobile.
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Zuldaris last edited by
@kmielczarczyk So, if I clear browser data it clears my pinboards too? Hell, why not just clear my bookmarks too, uninstall Opera, and shut my computer down too. That would make just as much sense!
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kathyb last edited by
@zuldaris That's how it goes. I mean the pinboards were great, until you clear your cache. They tried to blame it on installed programs.. lol.. no I used Opera's clean up itself. Many others have lost them and asked the same if backing up. Again, I chose a much more reliable extension that works just as well. Opera should WARN people that this pinboard crap is still in "beta" testing..But, they don't. They just suck you in and then you find out the hard way.
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ModusOperandi last edited by
All of a sudden my pinboards disappeared !!! Completely !!! And no, I couldn't find them back under "favorites", Any explanation ??? any solution ??? Thanks in advance
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fabestah last edited by fabestahThis issue seems to still be around. I checked my pinboards this morning and all of them (20+) were just gone, even though I didn't use any system cleaners nor did I install or change anything vital about my system. As it happens I even had synchronization turned on as long as I've been using Opera and it didn't help whatsoever. I even have a bookmark to my pinboards page and it also leads me to an entirely empty pinboard section.
As many other users already stated here in this thread I'm pretty disappointed, I also saw the Opera pinboards as a great alternative to other note apps and extensions but such a substantial bug is completely unacceptable.
I'd quite mission-critical information stored in some of my pinboards, lost everything now and I know that it's kind of my fault because I didn't back up that information elsewhere but stuff like this simply shouldn't happen.
In addition, you're not even able to back up your pinboards in any comfortable way and backing it up by copying it to another file isn't just as easy as CRTL+A, copy and paste it into that file. Every time you want to do a backup you have to click into every single pinboard headline and text field manually, which is extremely tiring, at least for me.
All in all, I think:- Such a major bug/issue should've been patched as soon as the first person reported about it, it shouldn't be a thing even months after a forum thread like this one was opened.
- You should be able to backup your pinboards to a specific file of your choice.
- Synchronization should just work and save all of your pinboards.
- If stuff like this has happened you should be clearly notified/it should be understandably stated somewhere before using such a broken feature.
In case someone found a way to recover your pinboards somehow, I would be more than happy if someone could contact me or answer my post here
