OneView Calendar
Productivity
calendar app
SHOW HN2016
825points
197comments
#8of 2,264 in 2016
Top 1%of 2016 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
41 positive, 64 neutral or asking, 16 mixed, 26 critical, out of 147 comments about the project. Thread score +0.08.
Execution: 8 for, 12 againstIdea: 16 for, 2 againstDesign: 11 for, 7 againstPerformance: 1 for, 2 againstPricing: 2 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Slick, smooth UI and good execution
From 3 comments
The demo is really slick. The app does feel better than Google calendar. What was it built with? :)
asimuvPR on HNBeautiful UI, very intuitive! One issue I ran into (on a MacBook Pro, OSX El Cap) was that scrolling wouldn't work on my (external) trackpad. It interpreted 2-finger scroll as…
sharp11 on HNAmazing UI fluidness on mobile. Very good idea!
sidcool on HN
Objections
Zoom and scroll gestures are confusing, especially on trackpads
From 4 comments
Beautiful UI, very intuitive! One issue I ran into (on a MacBook Pro, OSX El Cap) was that scrolling wouldn't work on my (external) trackpad. It interpreted 2-finger scroll as…
sharp11 on HNVery clever design, looks great. A few thoughts on navigation: I'm on a mac and I felt that the zoom using the "scroll wheel" (i.e. track pad) was pretty disorienting. I was…
Stenerson on HNVery slick. But something seems wrong with the two finger zoom (or I misunderstand it). It zooms, but it also scrolls a little... so the thing I was looking at will go off…
DigitalJack on HNI can't scroll the page using my trackpad on Firefox because the scroll events seem to be captured by the simulated phone and not passed to the page.
cpeterso on HN
Cannot connect Google calendars or import events reliably
From 3 comments
I can't connect to my Google calendars. It just gives me the spinning circle then tells me failed to connect. When I look after it fails, it shows me my calendar list but it…
melbamorph on HNIt looks awesome, but I have an error when I connect my google calendar. The header shows 'connexion failed', and the console says : appBundle.js:454 Uncaught QuotaExceededError:…
sharkoz on HNI'm getting a 404 on http://app.oneviewcalendar.com/libs/jsWrappers.js Also, I get a QuotaExceededError for the key oneview_allEvents (Otherwise, I think this is really great! on…
brysgo on HN
Recurring and long-running events clutter the view
From 3 comments
This is a cool demo, but why would someone want to have all these long running events on the screen at all times? It makes the UI cluttered and less clear what the next thing is…
omarforgotpwd on HNLooks pretty nice. Some criticisms: * I dislike how the website hijacks scrolling, the phone doesn't fit on a Macbook 13" screen so I tried to scroll down, but that just scrolled…
Vilkku on HNOne point - when compressing the view I care for rare events (e.g. deadlines, conferences) not things like gym. So I would do the opposite of adding counts. (The same, when I do…
stared on HN
Requests
Native iOS and Android app
From 3 comments
Are you planning an iOS native app? I would love this and would pay for it
bobbles on HNI would prefer it as a true app instead of as a webapp. @OP, You mentioned an apk somewhere in the comments. Is it on an appstore? Couldn't find it on the Play Store.
hiergiltdiestfu on HNMake it into an Android App and add Microsoft/Outlook calendar support and you got yourself your first customer. Hell even if it's only an I'd still be your first customer. On…
NyxAGB on HN
CalDAV or ICS support
From 3 comments
Awesome UI! Does it support CalDAV?
jsilence on HNVery nice and intuitive UI! Any thoughts about supporting ICS/VCS?
aruggirello on HNLooks great, when it supports caldav (or uses the calender of my android which is synced via caldav by a 3rd party app) and otherwise keeps the information on my phone I'd…
anotheryou on HN
Open source or self-hosting
From 1 comment
Can it be self hosted by users? Is it open source?
gravypod on HN
Questions
Is it open source?
From 2 comments
Can it be self hosted by users? Is it open source?
gravypod on HNI would prefer it as a true app instead of as a webapp. @OP, You mentioned an apk somewhere in the comments. Is it on an appstore? Couldn't find it on the Play Store.
hiergiltdiestfu on HN
What stack was it built with?
From 2 comments
The demo is really slick. The app does feel better than Google calendar. What was it built with? :)
asimuvPR on HNBeautiful. How do you build something like this? Coding language? Stack? Dev environment?
WWKong on HN
Alternatives named
Moleskine Timepage
From 2 comments
This app looks very similar to Timepage by Moleskin – which has been around for a while.
plainOldText on HNa lot like timepage for ios https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/moleskine-timepage-calendar/id989178902?mt=8 cool idea making it a web app
davidmix on HN
Google Calendar
From 2 comments
My biggest gripe with Google Calendar is the lack of consolidation of duplicate events. Often I have about 3-4 copies of various events and a storm of 10+ notifications for every…
dheera on HNThe demo is really slick. The app does feel better than Google calendar. What was it built with? :)
asimuvPR on HN
Fisheye Calendar and DateLens research prototypes
From 2 comments
Reminds me of the Fisheye Calendar from UMD's HCI Lab, which was doing experimentation with Zoomable UI's: http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/piccolo/learn/fisheye.shtml
spditner on HNReminds me of DateLens http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/datelens/
xavi on HN