Pomolectron
Productivity
pomodoro timer
SHOW HN2017
40points
36comments
#903of 2,242 in 2017
Top 41%of 2017 by points
How HN took it
RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical
1 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 9 critical, out of 13 comments about the project. Thread score -0.44.
Performance: 0 for, 6 againstIdea: 0 for, 3 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Pretty nice and clean UI
From 1 comment
(Electron issues aside) - Pretty nice & clean UI - gonna give it a try.
jedikv on HN
Works on Linux and looks good on Windows
From 1 comment
I cannot get behind the idea that I need 173 mb in libraries and module for what is essentially a simplistic timer, but it looks nice and works on linux (at least on my machien…
zython on HN
Objections
Electron resource usage is too high for a simple tray timer
From 5 comments
Electron... It's always so upsetting to see a tray widget require hundreds of megabytes of RAM to run.
Ezhik on HNI'm also going to have to mention this. I have zero interest in such a simple tray app that uses nodejs+Electron. It's like the worst of both worlds. All of this could be done…
DiabloD3 on HNThey aren't being criticized for writing an electron app. The criticism is that they've written something that should be lightweight but isn't. Further, it probably is not useful…
kentt on HNI cannot get behind the idea that I need 173 mb in libraries and module for what is essentially a simplistic timer, but it looks nice and works on linux (at least on my machien…
zython on HNAw man this looks cool but I was hoping for something more lightweight than Tomightly and its JVM requirement.
oldsj on HN
Name and branding too close to the registered Pomodoro Technique trademark
From 3 comments
"Pomodoro" as a time-management technique is a registered trademark: https://cirillocompany.de/pages/the-pomodoro-technique-trademark-guidelines
blowski on HNIanal but I'd be worried, you are quite close.
bbcbasic on HNAbout 7yrs ago I published a basic pomodoro app to app store . I received intellectual property infringement notice from 'FC Garage GmbH' to take my app down, which I did. The…
meowlicious on HN
Requests
Offer a muted tray icon option for light and dark themes
From 1 comment
> I feel bad for folks using Electron. Me too, so I've started down voting such comments. At this point they are off topic and distract from actual useful feedback. OP: your app…
beardicus on HN
Alternatives named
Gnome Pomodoro
From 1 comment
Similar to http://gnomepomodoro.org/ Been using it on xfce alright.
steelbird on HN
Tomightly
From 1 comment
Aw man this looks cool but I was hoping for something more lightweight than Tomightly and its JVM requirement.
oldsj on HN
pomodoroTasks2
From 1 comment
shameless plug: https://github.com/liloman/pomodoroTasks2
h2hn on HN