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jquintard commented on Launch HN: Routine (YC W21) – Tasks, notes and calendar all in one product · Posted by u/jquintard
Installed it on my work machine now. We use Google Calendar at work and I much more rather look it using your App :)
It would be nice if I could connect my Apple-calendar with it as that's what I'm using personally.
Ctrl+space short key is nice but canceling it with esc doesn't work for me at least but I have to open the app to get it closed.
Also - I'd use it so much rather if it would be more independent from google. I switched off from Gmail this year so commiting to Google ecosystem this way isn't so nice.
Anyways, all the best for you. Let's see if this will be actually useful for me.
Thanks for the kind words.
Apple Calendar is something we are obviously considering.
As for console which is hard to exit, we get that feedback all the time. Unfortunately, even though it looks trivial, it is actually not super simple to do. I suggest you re-hit CTRL+SPACE to hide it, it is the easiest way. Otherwise, you need to reput focus in the console and hit CTRL+ESC.
As for the dependence on the Google ecosystem, we understand but, as discussed through other comments on this post, we had to start somewhere. We will expand later but it just made sense to start on Google given that we are going after professionals and that there are 400M Google Workspace accounts.
jquintard commented on Launch HN: Routine (YC W21) – Tasks, notes and calendar all in one product · Posted by u/jquintard
Hi, I'm just trying it out.
Few comments: - Can the Desktop/Mobile tasks/events/agendas sync, or is this currently being worked on?
- I want to be able to add a calendar event and be able to view it as an agenda (on the daily agenda), viewing an event or a task on the side seems to be counter-intuitive.
Hi. Indeed, it's far from perfect. We haven't had time to work on the offline/sync yet. You need to reload to get the new state. It's on the roadmap. Will be done soon.
jquintard commented on Launch HN: Routine (YC W21) – Tasks, notes and calendar all in one product · Posted by u/jquintard
Feature request:
- Section: Agenda-view
- Feature: in the "free time" blocks where no event are scheduled, have the option (+) to create a new event in that free block of time.
- Source: viewed on web app
Hopefully that makes sense!
The ability to add tasks and events in the Agenda view is in the roadmap indeed :) Along with drag/dropping a task onto this view.
Thanks. Very clear.
jquintard commented on Launch HN: Routine (YC W21) – Tasks, notes and calendar all in one product · Posted by u/jquintard
Really intrigued by the idea and anxious to try it out! After connecting my Gmail I can only get a white screen. How do I report the bug to y'all?
Best of luck, many commenters on HN seem to really undervalue the "it just works" aspect of things. It looks nice, seems to do something I am really anxious for help with, and not much more. I can see myself paying for this (potentially :) - need to get it working first!).
One perhaps funny anecdote for you - I am recently an engineer-turned-manager and this type of unified task/meeting management is one of the growth areas I've had to focus on most over the last year. Thought I'd let you in on a potential niche^2 market that might be a good fit for a blog post or something similar down the road.
Thanks for your message. You're not the first one to report a blank screen. Very strange. We didn't see that before. You can send us an email at contact@routine.co and we'll try to dig deeper. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Relating to your last comment, I would be great to chat. I'd love to get your input: julien.quintard@routine.co if you want to reach out directly.
Thanks
And YC are backing this? wassa matter? afraid to miss out on the next Slack?