whattime.today
Productivity
calendar availability
SHOW HN2020
How HN took it
7 positive, 36 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 6 critical, out of 53 comments about the project. Thread score +0.04.
Execution: 1 for, 4 againstDesign: 2 for, 1 againstDocs: 1 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Useful tool for scheduling availability
From 3 comments
Handy, bookmarked, thank you
throwaway888abc on HNCool project! Great work. I think this perfectly fits the send me your availability niche. When working with groups, I've used when2meet[0] [0] https://www.when2meet.com/
__initbrian__ on HNThis is a neat app, thanks for creating it and hosting it for us to use.
bobblywobbles on HN
Many useful toggles and options
From 1 comment
I like it because it has many toggles, some of which are "cute". By default, it suggests a date/time for today on "5/1", and there doesn't seem to be a toggle for that. In most…
mfontani on HN
Objections
Purpose unclear on first visit
From 1 comment
I clicked on the site without reading your opening comments. It took me a couple of minutes to understand what the purpose is. I think I would not have given it that much time if…
newswasboring on HN
Google consent screen looks sketchy because app is unverified
From 2 comments
Hey guys, when people ask to schedule a meeting/interview/whatever, I've always found it hard to respond with a list of time availabilities. I always tabbed back and forth…
jonathancai11 on HNCongrats on shipping! I've been thinking about building something similar to scratch my own itch. I think ideally it would generate availability for an arbitrary time span, e.g a…
abrichr on HN
Date format and 24-hour clock issues
From 2 comments
Very nice, here is a suggestion: 24-hour clock I've seen you suggest time zones from all over the world, which is nice. But the AM/PM system is mostly an American thing, a…
GuB-42 on HNNeat, could see myself using this. Couple of things: - After placing a timeslot I went to drag it up and down. Instead it created another timeslot within the first one. Having…
wjdp on HN
Requests
Import Outlook calendars
From 1 comment
It would be nice if somehow outlook calendar can be imported as well.
tradertef on HN
CLI for printing free time
From 1 comment
Found I have the same issue. Customer facing folks have it even worse. As much as I love the solution what I really want is a cli that’ll spit out my meetings OR my free time.…
smashpanda on HN
Group scheduling with calendar integration
From 1 comment
This is a real problem, especially across time zones and people who schedule a lot of meetings. I'd like to add people to a meeting and choose the best time based on free slots…
zabil on HN
Select or deselect calendars quickly
From 1 comment
I like this a lot (was actually thinking of building something similar)! Some feedback I have: - When I log in with my Google account, my name is shown as undefined ("Hi,…
jaflo on HN
Shareable URL encoding the calendar
From 1 comment
On the topic of week starts, US calendars is funny because it starts on Sunday. European calendars start on Monday. In some Muslim countries they have Fridays, Saturdays off, and…
netsharc on HN
Questions
Why does the user name show as undefined after login
From 1 comment
I like this a lot (was actually thinking of building something similar)! Some feedback I have: - When I log in with my Google account, my name is shown as undefined ("Hi,…
jaflo on HN
Alternatives named
when2meet
From 1 comment
Cool project! Great work. I think this perfectly fits the send me your availability niche. When working with groups, I've used when2meet[0] [0] https://www.when2meet.com/
__initbrian__ on HN
Doodle
From 1 comment
like https://doodle.com/
hantusk on HN
calendar.management
From 1 comment
Thanks so much for the feedback! 1. What browser are you using? I haven't gotten that before, so interested to see whats causing that 2. I definitely want to add that as a…
jonathancai11 on HN