Waywo
Productivity
time tracking
SHOW HN2020
How HN took it
1 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 7 critical, out of 9 comments about the project. Thread score -0.45.
Design: 1 for, 3 againstIdea: 0 for, 2 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, playful page design
From 1 comment
Not one comment in here is positive which saddens me. In the end, HN should encourage people to build awesome solutions. But even Dropbox got negative comments when they launched…
lorey on HN
Interruption-based tracking is a useful idea
From 1 comment
Wrote a prototype for something like this years ago but don't know enough frontend stuff to take it to production. The big difference is there was a certain amount of…
cosmicforce on HN
Objections
Unclosable full-screen popup hurts user experience
From 3 comments
I was gonna say positive things until the page-wide unclosable buy-me-now popup jumped up. This is the kind of web no one wants to touch, even with a long stick, never mind…
Etheryte on HNSame here. Looked around for a close button, clearly there wasn't one, quick way out. If this is a product for tech-savvy workers, this is a great way to lose half your audience.
ricardobeat on HNPop-ups are highly disruptive and whenever I work on something that involves a modal window, let alone a pop-up, I ask myself if it's truly needed. I'd argue they're all the more…
kemonocode on HN
Pop-up nags for payment concern users
From 1 comment
One of the pros of the paid plan being "No more license key interruptions" concerns me, how often will it nag for payment? I understand needing to be paid but shouldn't nag…
cube00 on HN
Time tracking is burdensome and may not be wanted by employees
From 2 comments
Uuh no thanks. How about we trust employees and simply check the result of their work? Who cares if someone has spent N hours sitting in front of the screen, show me the results.
pietrovismara on HNFolks don’t even track working hours at work let alone home
zuhayeer on HN
Requests
Integration with WakaTime
From 1 comment
Just for my interest: Would you use Waywo if it would work with WakaTime (as that came up as Feature Request more often)
l1am0 on HN
Questions
How does it differ from Toggl's time tracker?
From 1 comment
Not one comment in here is positive which saddens me. In the end, HN should encourage people to build awesome solutions. But even Dropbox got negative comments when they launched…
lorey on HN
Alternatives named
RescueTime
From 1 comment
I personally really like RescueTime (https://www.rescuetime.com), does all of the tracking automatically and allows for custom categorization and productivity settings. Been…
asnyder on HN
Timing app
From 1 comment
I swear by https://timingapp.com/ it's almost frictionless to track time. I've been using it at work for over 2 years daily now, and I don't even use the results anymore.
wingerlang on HN
Taskwarrior with Timewarrior
From 1 comment
I've been using Taskwarrior in conjunction with Timewarrior to track time spent on work tasks. I used to be skeptical about it but the whole command-line first, spartan interface…
kemonocode on HN
Toggl
From 1 comment
Not one comment in here is positive which saddens me. In the end, HN should encourage people to build awesome solutions. But even Dropbox got negative comments when they launched…
lorey on HN
Hamster applet
From 1 comment
Since 2010 or so, I am using the hamster applet under Gnome. Combined with low-tech "paper", it has served me and my customers really well[1]. The Hamster project do not have a…
Loic on HN