Hercules
Productivity
list and todo app
SHOW HN2012
How HN took it
4 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 3 critical, out of 13 comments about the project. Thread score +0.17.
Execution: 1 for, 3 againstIdea: 3 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, simple design
From 1 comment
Looks great! Very clean design, nice and simple. I just have a couple of minor nitpicks: 1. It's billed as keyboard friendly, but there's no obvious keyboard shortcut for opening…
Zikes on HN
Thanks for open sourcing it
From 2 comments
http://checklisthub.com/ was actually the reason my partner and I stopped working on a keyboard friendly todo list. I figured it was basically everything I wanted, and it was…
heliostatic on HNAwesome job. Thanks so much for making it open source. One small thing though: escape to edit doesn't work in Safari.
atestu on HN
Objections
Escape-to-edit behaves badly: edit mode exits on typing in Firefox and fails in Safari
From 3 comments
> http://openhercules.com/lists/4f6ccefaa9fcc8000100022d > Try hitting 'escape' and editing this text. Hit 'escape' to save. I tried. No matter what I type, it unfocuses the item…
zalew on HNI have the same bug. Other ones : shift+enter just goes up not adding a new entry before Pressing enter adds an entry but after that, the CTRL key adds new entries everytime.
koopajah on HNAwesome job. Thanks so much for making it open source. One small thing though: escape to edit doesn't work in Safari.
atestu on HN
Keyboard shortcuts are incomplete or non-standard (no Home/End, tab indent, delete key)
From 2 comments
Great one. Also, some critique. Considering this is a keyboard app, you could try and support all of common keyboard commands. Like Home, End. Indentation could be done via tab…
laacz on HNLooks great! Very clean design, nice and simple. I just have a couple of minor nitpicks: 1. It's billed as keyboard friendly, but there's no obvious keyboard shortcut for opening…
Zikes on HN
Requests
Add more keyboard shortcuts such as shift+j/k, tab indentation and a help overlay
From 3 comments
Looks great! Very clean design, nice and simple. I just have a couple of minor nitpicks: 1. It's billed as keyboard friendly, but there's no obvious keyboard shortcut for opening…
Zikes on HNGreat one. Also, some critique. Considering this is a keyboard app, you could try and support all of common keyboard commands. Like Home, End. Indentation could be done via tab…
laacz on HNVery nice. Have you checked out The Hit List? One of the main reasons I chose it was it keyboard friendly controls. One suggestion - in edit mode, the a and d keys are much more…
tony_landis on HN
Undo for deletes
From 1 comment
Good stuff, but how do I undo a "delete" ?
cake on HN
Questions
How to undo a delete
From 1 comment
Good stuff, but how do I undo a "delete" ?
cake on HN
Alternatives named
Checklist Hub
From 1 comment
http://checklisthub.com/ was actually the reason my partner and I stopped working on a keyboard friendly todo list. I figured it was basically everything I wanted, and it was…
heliostatic on HN
The Hit List
From 1 comment
Very nice. Have you checked out The Hit List? One of the main reasons I chose it was it keyboard friendly controls. One suggestion - in edit mode, the a and d keys are much more…
tony_landis on HN
Asana
From 1 comment
Congratulations, you've created something far better than what Asana and their huge team took 3+ years to build.
ataranto on HN