Timely for iPhone
Productivity
scheduling and time tracking
SHOW HN2014
How HN took it
3 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 1 critical, out of 8 comments about the project. Thread score +0.09.
Design: 2 for, 0 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Well designed UI and transitions
From 2 comments
Well designed! Any blog posts on your transition code? It looked really impressive. I noticed you had several "move from list to detail" style transitions. Did you take snapshots…
seivan on HNFWIW, I think you've got a really neat presentation of the app ui in the video there. I have no idea if it's effective for new people as I've been a daily user for three months…
midnightmonster on HN
Daily user who finds it better for scheduling and tracking than alternatives
From 1 comment
I've used Freshbooks for invoicing for years, and I've switched between their time tracker and other services/apps repeatedly. Switched to timely first of August, and I'm still…
midnightmonster on HN
Objections
Vote manipulation via tweets asking for upvotes, later deleted
From 1 comment
This submission is being vote manipulated, with the startup asking for upvotes on Twitter: https://twitter.com/timelyapp/status/530059248261017600…
minimaxir on HN
Onboarding unclear for new users; video plays before user sees it
From 1 comment
It looks really neat, but as a new user, it was pretty fast. I'm not really sure what happened. Edit: It also seems to start before I see it, like when I've opened the page in a…
squeaky-clean on HN
Requests
Billing or invoicing system
From 1 comment
Why no billing system? That must be the #1 requested feature? At least that was my understanding (missing feature) from what I could find on the web page. Other than that, simply…
heumn on HN
Multi-week view with drag between days
From 1 comment
I've used Freshbooks for invoicing for years, and I've switched between their time tracker and other services/apps repeatedly. Switched to timely first of August, and I'm still…
midnightmonster on HN
Unbilled completed work totals across projects
From 1 comment
:-) ... and fyi, two things I want to know all the time are how much unbilled already completed work do I have on a given project, and all the stats summed over all projects for…
midnightmonster on HN
Questions
How were the list-to-detail transitions implemented
From 1 comment
Well designed! Any blog posts on your transition code? It looked really impressive. I noticed you had several "move from list to detail" style transitions. Did you take snapshots…
seivan on HN
Alternatives named
Freshbooks
From 1 comment
I've used Freshbooks for invoicing for years, and I've switched between their time tracker and other services/apps repeatedly. Switched to timely first of August, and I'm still…
midnightmonster on HN
Chronomate
From 1 comment
For OS X I really like Chronomate which integrates with Freshbooks nicely: I can select/add clients/project/task, add time entries, run multiple timers etc; it sits in menu bar.…
bdcravens on HN