Lanes
Productivity
task management
SHOW HN2016
65points
32comments
#588of 2,264 in 2016
Top 26%of 2016 by points
How HN took it
RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical
3 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 14 critical, out of 23 comments about the project. Thread score -0.38.
Execution: 0 for, 6 againstIdea: 2 for, 2 againstDocs: 1 for, 1 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 againstPerformance: 0 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Weekly planner feature is valued and rare among to-do apps
From 1 comment
I love the weekly planner idea. Of all the to-do lists I've looked at, none of them seem to support that critical feature. Are there any other weekly planner apps like this?
Slix on HN
Looks nice and interesting concept
From 3 comments
This looks pretty nice, a bit ago my preferred planner/pomodoro app broke so I might use this. A caveat would be having the top right menu be a bit more distinguishable, it can…
Zyst on HNLooks interesting, great work! Suggestion: If you allow custom background, think carefully about the font colors. On the default background (tree & blue/gray sky) it was very…
senko on HNAwesome concept, I want something exactly like this. As others have said, improve your onboarding!
bribri on HN
Objections
Onboarding is unclear; feature explanations do not load
From 4 comments
Sparse implies that there is something there. When I click on any of the features to get an explanation, it just becomes bold and gets a strikethrough. After I click on all…
dhagz on HNI was unable to try using it. I tried to type my name to no reaction. Then i clicked it and it asked me to sign up. There's not even a demo or any third party login support. Not…
rjbwork on HNAlso, did you want us to login / create an account? I show up and get a timer, but couldn't really tell what was supposed to happen other than immediately signing up for an…
schwarzrules on HNSame here. Could not figure out how to add a task.
wmeredith on HN
Sign-up wall blocks trying the app
From 2 comments
The green bar which drops down when you try interacting with menu items seems to be a sign-up wall under the guise of helpfulness. I have to click though fluff about how a week…
sooheon on HNI was unable to try using it. I tried to type my name to no reaction. Then i clicked it and it asked me to sign up. There's not even a demo or any third party login support. Not…
rjbwork on HN
Requires internet connection; wants offline use
From 2 comments
When I saw the title I expected an application, i.e. something I could run offline. What are the benefits of using an online website? Why would I use this website instead of my…
hiq on HNI was hoping for offline too. The trouble with online is I spend >50% of my waking hours with no signal or when I do have signal I don't have data. Even at home signal is…
anexprogrammer on HN
Browser errors and broken UI in some browsers
From 2 comments
Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_11_3) AppleWebKit/601.4.4 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/9.0.3 Safari/601.4.4 Clicking the 'what is lanes' thing, I get this: ``` [Warning]…
erichurkman on HNI think I might know what this is attempting to do, but can't actually tell for sure. I briefly saw some "action" links or nav menu in the top-right (day, week, poms), but then…
jordanlev on HN
Requests
Clearer landing page explaining the product
From 2 comments
Would be good to start off your landing page with a headline and some copy explaining your product. I didn't quite get it at first. You need something like... ``` Lanes is a…
jsherer on HNBasically what you have in the 'what is lanes' page, make that your home page. Why hide it and risk people leaving because they don't know what it is.
pedalpete on HN
Offline support
From 2 comments
When I saw the title I expected an application, i.e. something I could run offline. What are the benefits of using an online website? Why would I use this website instead of my…
hiq on HNI was hoping for offline too. The trouble with online is I spend >50% of my waking hours with no signal or when I do have signal I don't have data. Even at home signal is…
anexprogrammer on HN
Integrate time blocking with Pomodoro
From 1 comment
I would love to see some solution that integrates time blocking and pomodoro. After trying various todo lists and kanban boards I finally settled on using my google calendar…
mataug on HN
Jump-to-today option in week view
From 1 comment
Looks interesting, great work! Suggestion: If you allow custom background, think carefully about the font colors. On the default background (tree & blue/gray sky) it was very…
senko on HN
Questions
How will the product be monetized?
From 1 comment
This looks pretty nice, a bit ago my preferred planner/pomodoro app broke so I might use this. A caveat would be having the top right menu be a bit more distinguishable, it can…
Zyst on HN
Why use this over an offline Pomodoro timer?
From 1 comment
When I saw the title I expected an application, i.e. something I could run offline. What are the benefits of using an online website? Why would I use this website instead of my…
hiq on HN
Alternatives named
teuxdeux weekly planner
From 1 comment
I used this one for a while: https://teuxdeux.com/
prawn on HN
Google Calendar as todo and scheduler
From 1 comment
I would love to see some solution that integrates time blocking and pomodoro. After trying various todo lists and kanban boards I finally settled on using my google calendar…
mataug on HN