Chronos
Productivity
time tracking
SHOW HN2012
8points
6comments
#1,423of 1,677 in 2012
Top 85%of 2012 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
0 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score -0.25.
Privacy: 0 for, 2 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
Objections
Requires Facebook login to sign up, which some users won't accept
From 2 comments
Sadly, I deleted the app from my iPhone without ever having a chance to test it. Chronos presented only one portal to Nirvana: through Facebook.
philiphodgen on HNI'd like to second that Facebook is a non-starter for me. You should provide an alternative that doesnt connect to facebook, twitter etc unless you want to.
_casperc on HN
Privacy concern about connecting to Facebook
From 2 comments
Sadly, I deleted the app from my iPhone without ever having a chance to test it. Chronos presented only one portal to Nirvana: through Facebook.
philiphodgen on HNI'd like to second that Facebook is a non-starter for me. You should provide an alternative that doesnt connect to facebook, twitter etc unless you want to.
_casperc on HN
No iOS-only or non-iPhone option in the title
From 1 comment
Stupid question from someone that closed the site after noticing a lack of 'for iOS' in the title (in other words:I'm not the target, no iOS device): Can't you add email…
darklajid on HN
Requests
Allow sign-up with email and password instead of Facebook
From 1 comment
I'd like to second that Facebook is a non-starter for me. You should provide an alternative that doesnt connect to facebook, twitter etc unless you want to.
_casperc on HN
Pick friends from phone contacts instead of Facebook
From 1 comment
Stupid question from someone that closed the site after noticing a lack of 'for iOS' in the title (in other words:I'm not the target, no iOS device): Can't you add email…
darklajid on HN
Questions
Why Facebook is objectionable, given the app does not post to walls
From 1 comment
Thanks for the feedback, and sorry to hear -- our goal in connecting to Facebook is to make it easier to add friends (so you can see how you spend time with people IRL). We could…
ckubal on HN
Alternatives named
Phone contacts
From 1 comment
Stupid question from someone that closed the site after noticing a lack of 'for iOS' in the title (in other words:I'm not the target, no iOS device): Can't you add email…
darklajid on HN