There were some things I loved about this app and some things I found annoying with the set-up.
I had a difficult time getting an account set-up the first time I logged on. This surprised me, since I tried signing in with Facebook, then Twitter, then email, and finally Google+ (Google eventually worked).
Once I had everything installed and set-up, I tried adding checklist in the "home improvement" style notebook.
I liked the checkmark function, and I liked that I have the option of continuing to display checked items, deleting them, or hiding them.
What I'll most likely use this app for, however, is keeping track of interesting webpages, blog posts, pictures, etc. that people I follow post on Twitter, recipes I find online, and possibly books (haven't decided yet if it's easier to use this or to just use Goodreads, as I've been doing).
I found a link to a booklist tweeted by School Library Journal that I was interested in looking at later:
In order to use Springpad to save it for me I needed to open the link in Safari first.
Since this was the first time I tried this, I needed to install the Safari Web Clipper so that I could seamlessly save from my Safari browser without having to copy and paste links into the Springpad app.
It was pretty easy to install the Safari Web Clipper. There were step-by-step instructions and even a brief GIF showing the actions needed to complete the process.
The instructions had me save the clipper as a bookmark.
Once the clipper was installed, I was able to go back to the webpage with the booklist that interested me, tap the "bookmarks" icon, and choose the "Springpad Clipper", which opened it in the app for me and allowed me to add it to an existing notebook or create a new one.
The only annoying first-time hiccup that happened here was that I had to log into Springpad AGAIN in order for it to work. However, since I had logged in with Google+, Springpad hadn't created a username and password for me yet.
As the instructions at the bottom of the previous screenshot say, I had to go to a desktop and log in through a web browser in order to set up my name and password.
Once that set-up was complete, I was able to save the booklist in a new notebook I titled "Work Tweets".
I LOVE the fact that I can view things I've saved to Springpad and add stuff on the web by logging in at springpad.com. I often switch between looking at stuff on my phone and looking at stuff on a desktop, so this integration of both points of access is awesome.
Look how happy it made me!
So happy!
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